Work Area: Market Studies & Inquiries

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2024

Targeted legislative changes and a focus on partnerships with regulatory authorities are shaping Greece’s antitrust regime, influencing its protections against anticompetitive behaviour, abuse of dominance and improper mergers.

30 June 2023

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2024

To combat abusive conduct, the authority is directing its attention towards refusal to supply and exclusive dealing cases. This trend exemplifies the country’s broadened enforcement strategy, which is reflected in recent decisions involving major players, such as Google and Unilever, operating in lucrative markets.

30 June 2023

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2024

Long-awaited amendments to the Egyptian Competition Law signify the launch of a new merger control regime, promoting competition within the market and preventing the creation of anticompetitive practices through mergers and acquisitions.

30 June 2023

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2024

Key rulings in Compare the Market, Royal Mail and Gormsen are establishing standards for estimating and accounting for damages and setting precedents for two-sided platforms and ‘by effect’ allegations.

30 June 2023

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2024

Amid the aftermath of the pandemic, the ongoing war in Ukraine and the rapid development of the digital economy, the German Competition Authority is prioritising the prosecution of illegal cartels, prevention of abuse and preservation of market diversity.

30 June 2023

A new law stimulating competition in New Zealand’s grocery sector and shaking up the incumbent duopoly has come into effect, after a government minister hailed the impact of the country’s market studies regime.

27 June 2023

New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has begun a wide-ranging assessment of how competition is functioning in the country’s personal banking sector.

23 June 2023

The government in Thailand is considering new rules regulating the platform economy, which may eventually replace an upcoming law forcing various platforms to notify their activities.

23 June 2023

Apple and Google should be prohibited from forcing consumers to use their native billing systems and also allow application downloads on their smartphones from alternative distribution channels, the Japanese government has said following a detailed review of the market.

21 June 2023

Turkey’s Competition Authority has opened another investigation into Google’s online advertising practices, less than a week after the EU sent the company a statement of objections threatening to break up its adtech business.

19 June 2023