On July 14, 2026, the European Commission published its report reviewing the Foreign Subsidies Regulation’s (FSR) first three years of operation.[1] The Commission found the regime “fit for purpose” and an “effective tool” to tackle distortions from foreign subsidies
In our latest Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Anthony Gardner, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union. Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the Draghi Report, Brexit, Europe’s future, the Trump Administration, China, antitrust
In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Nicolas Petit, Professor of Competition Law at the European University Institute in Florence. Their conversation covers an array of topics, including Europe’s future, the Draghi
In April 2026, the EC launched a consultation on the Draft Merger Guidelines. We submitted our observations last week, which we summarize below.
In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Guillaume Loriot, the EC’s Head of Mergers at GCR Live: Europe. Their conversation covers an array of topics, including the EC’s Draft Merger Guidelines,
In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by Andreas Mundt, President of the German Federal Cartel Office. Their conversation covers a wide array of topics, including the objectives of competition law, the
On May 25, 2026, the Dutch government prohibited Kyndryl’s proposed acquisition of Solvinity, a Dutch company that operates the digital identification platform (DigiD) used by citizens to access Dutch government services. The decision marks the first prohibition under the Dutch
The European Commission (EC) has published a draft of its long-awaited revision of the Merger Guidelines (Draft Guidelines), combining the 2004 Horizontal Merger Guidelines and 2008 Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines into a single document that is organized around different theories of
In the latest episode of Cleary Gottlieb’s Antitrust Review podcast, host Nick Levy is joined by a panel of experts to discuss the EC’s draft Merger Guidelines. Sir Philip Lowe, Sir Jonathan Faull, Barbara Moens, Jorge Padilla, Ethel Fonseca, Kirsten
