Guillaume de Meersman

Sep 5, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Jean-Maxime Blutel |Guillaume de Meersman |Christian Horstkotte

With its eagerly-awaited Illumina/Grail judgment on 3 September 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) closed a transatlantic saga and rejected the European Commission's ("Commission") extended interpretation of Article 22 of the EU Merger Control Regulation ("EUMR") by finding that the Commission had no right to receive referrals of proposed concentrations not meeting the thresholds of the national competition authorities.

Apr 29, 2024 | mondaq.com | Katherine Monks Bleicher |Rachel J. Lamorte |Catherine Medvene |Guillaume de Meersman

Last week, a Mayer Brown team joined over 4,000 lawyers from around the globe—including top enforcers from the US Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), Department of Justice ("DOJ"), and the European Union ("EU")—to discuss new developments and enforcement priorities in the antitrust space. Overall, both the US and EU are specifically doubling down on merger scrutiny, and are looking to increase their powers in that space. Here are a few key takeaways.

Apr 22, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Guillaume de Meersman |Rachel J. Lamorte |Catherine Medvene

Last week, a Mayer Brown team joined over 4,000 lawyers from around the globe—including top enforcers from the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), Department of Justice (“DOJ”), and the European Union (“EU”)—to discuss new developments and enforcement priorities in the antitrust space. Overall, both the US and EU are specifically doubling down on merger scrutiny, and are looking to increase their powers in that space. Here are a few key takeaways. 1.

Feb 28, 2024 | lexology.com | Nathalie Jalabert-Doury |Jean-Maxime Blutel |Guillaume de Meersman

Significant number of vertical infringementsIntroduction and key takeawaysAlthough the average and total fines imposed by the French Competition Authority (FCA) in 2023 have decreased in comparison to previous years,(1) it has nevertheless been very active on the antitrust front.