Bethan John

Fieldfisher strengthens in Brussels with high-ranking McDermott hire Fieldfisher has hired McDermott Will & Schulte’s Brussels managing partner Hendrik Viaene, just weeks after the latter lost its first dedicated antitrust partner in London. To read m... See more

EU foreign subsidies guidelines introduce call-in safe harbours The European Commission has released long-awaited guidelines on how it applies the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, including new safe harbours exempting certain deals from the rulebook’s call-i... See more

Gatekeepers seek DMA reassessment but stop short of calls for repeal Meta, Amazon and TikTok have urged the European Commission to implement a shopping list of improvements to the Digital Markets Act, but refrained from echoing demands by Apple for the ru... See more

AkzoNobel/Axalta set to receive EU, US and UK merger reviews AkzoNobel and rival paintmaker Axalta have tapped De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Cravath Swaine & Moore and NautaDutilh as antitrust counsel on their $25 billion m... See more

Germany calls for “fundamental” revamp of EU foreign subsidy rules The German government has called for sweeping reforms to the EU’s “burdensome” Foreign Subsidies Regulation, including replacing mandatory merger filings with a call-in system. To read mor... See more