30 Sep, 2024 Seminal vote to suspend competition law in Guernsey allows merger to complete By James Batsford Stephen Smith Last week the States of Guernsey took the novel and historic step of voting to suspend the application of competition law to allow Sure...
12 Jan, 2024 European Commission joins UK Competition and Markets Authority in examining application of merger control rules to OpenAI/Microsoft partnership By Sean-Paul Brankin On 9 January 2024, the European Commission (EU) issued a press release announcing that it is reviewing whether Microsoft’s investment in...
07 Sep, 2022 Illumina/Grail merger prohibition holds lessons for innovation sector players By Sean-Paul Brankin The European Commission’s decision yesterday to prohibit (and unwind) Illumina’s acquisition of Grail really is a big deal, particularly...
26 May, 2022 Like London Buses By Stephen Smith We have been waiting for the first use by the Government of its powers to 'call in' for review transactions which raise potential...
31 Jan, 2022 Five Life Sciences trends for 2022 By Claire Smith What trends do we expect to see in the Life Sciences sector for 2022? We’ve had a look into our crystal ball and picked out some of the...
30 Apr, 2021 Deal notifications required under the new National Security and Investment Act 2021 By Matthew Hunt On Thursday 29 April, the National Security and Investment Bill received Royal Assent and became law, ushering in what the government has...
03 Mar, 2021 Government revises definitions of 'key sectors' in which transactions will be subject to mandatory notification By Matthew Hunt The National Security and Investment Bill is a proposed major new development that will introduce a mandatory notification regime in the...