Thursday, 27 October 2011
The UK Office of Fair Trading has cleared online bookseller Amazon to buy The Book Depository.
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
The UK’s Competition Commission has provisionally approved a completed merger in the frozen foods sector – despite evidence of “significant price rises” after the tie-up.
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
The Channel Islands Competition Regulatory Authorities (CICRA) have announced they will cooperate more closely and share a joint board as part of their strategic plan for 2012-14.
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
UK pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has been fined by South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission for colluding to shut out competition in the country’s medical market.
Monday, 24 October 2011
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the country’s auditing market for large companies to the Competition Commission (CC) for further investigation over the market share in the hands of the four big auditing firms.
Friday, 21 October 2011
UK communications regulator Ofcom has proposed relaxing price controls on state-owned postal operator Royal Mail. The company will now be supervised under UK competition law.
Friday, 21 October 2011
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is considering commitments put forward by Rontec Investments LLP to get clearance for its proposed acquisition of petrol assets from Total Downstream UK, Total UK Limited and their affiliates.
Thursday, 20 October 2011
KM Group has withdrawn its bid for the acquisition of seven local newspapers from Northcliffe Media Limited, after the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred the proposed deal to the Competition Commission (CC).
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
The former chairman of the UK’s Competition Commission, Peter Freeman, has joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as a senior consultant.
Monday, 17 October 2011
UK security company G4S is to purchase Danish competitor ISS for £5.2 billion.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Featured In: October 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 9)
When a company contemplates a merger, when it’s the subject of a dawn raid, or when it needs to devise a compliance programme, competition law advisors are never far from the scene. Those advisors may be a formidable team from a storied City firm. But working alongside any group of external antitrust advisers are their essential in-house counterparts. Each side brings its own specialist skills and expertise to the table, but with costs, policy agendas and ever-changing legal frameworks to contend with, professional relationships are frequently put to the test. Rachel Bull investigates
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
An anonymous complaint to the European Commission has scuppered a deal between football club West Ham United and a London borough to purchase the UK Olympic stadium after the 2012 games.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred a joint venture between airline catering companies Alpha Flight Group and LSG Lufthansa Service Holding to the country’s Competition Commission.
Monday, 10 October 2011
The UK’s Competition Commission will let airport operator BAA sell either Edinburgh or Glasgow airport before Stansted.
Monday, 10 October 2011
Stephen Kon is head of the EU & competition department at SJ Berwin LLP in London and will be chairing GCR’s Pharmaceutical and Competition Law conference on 18 October 2011. He talks to GCR about his experience in the pharmaceutical industry, and the rapid development of competition law intervention in the sector.
