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China: M&A boom leads to big business for lawyers (Competition Policy International)

by 21st Century Competition | Jul 3, 2014 | Global Blogs

Antitrust lawyers are the new, big commodity in China now, according to reports, as mergers and acquisitions deals boom both national and across the globe. In what’s on par to be a big year for M&A, China has seen one of the biggest influxes in antitrust...

EU: Almunia baffled by Germany’s green energy accusations (Competition Policy International)

by 21st Century Competition | Jul 3, 2014 | Global Blogs

The European Commission’s competition chief Joaquin Almunia said Thursday he is baffled by recent remarks made from Germany accusing the EU of undermining Germany’s efforts to boost green energy production, say reports. The Commission initiated a probe...

European Commission – State aid: Commission orders Belgium to recover incompatible state aid from financial cooperative ARCO

by 21st Century Competition | Jul 3, 2014 | European Commission

European Commission Press release Brussels, 3 July 2014 Following an in-depth investigation, the European Commission has concluded that a Belgian guarantee scheme for shareholders of financial cooperatives was incompatible with EU state aid rules. …read more...

Spain: Europe approves Vodafone’s Ono buy (Competition Policy International)

by 21st Century Competition | Jul 2, 2014 | Global Blogs

The European Commission announced Wednesday that it will allow top UK wireless operator Vodafone to acquire Spain’s leading cable firm Ono in a $9.79 million deal. In a statement, the Commission said it has approved of the deal without concessions. The news...

Finland: Relationship sours between top dairy firm, competition regulator (Competition Policy International)

by 21st Century Competition | Jul 2, 2014 | Global Blogs

Finland’s largest dairy company Valio remains at odds with the nation’s Competition and Consumer Authority after years of disagreements over Valio business practices reached its peak this week. The regulator published an op-ed article on its website...
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