Summary

competition intelligence antitrust & mergers

The EU’s competition policy seeks to establish and maintain an efficient market that enhances consumer welfare. It combines the application of sector-specific rules, such as those for telecoms operators with significant market power or the Digital Markets Act that addresses gatekeeper online platforms, with the enforcement of horizontally applicable competition law.

Cullen International’s Antitrust & Mergers service tracks and explains the enforcement of competition law in Europe, covering all key developments across the digital economy, media, postal and telecoms sectors.
At Cullen International, we have a unique ability to explain these developments in their regulatory and technological context, giving our clients in Europe and beyond a complete view of the competition policy that may impact or inspire their decisions.

Topical coverage

EU and national level

• Abuses of dominance (article 102 TFEU), including excessive pricing and other exploitative abuses, discrimination, exclusive dealing and rebates, margin squeeze, predatory pricing, refusal to supply, selfpreferencing, tying and bundling, unfair trading conditions, other exclusionary abuses and other unilateral abuses going beyond article 102 TFEU  
• Anticompetitive agreements (article 101 TFEU), including horizontal agreements between competitors, such as network co-investment and sharing, and vertical agreements between firms at different levels of the supply chain, such as online sales restrictions in distribution agreements 
• Merger control, including horizontal mergers between competitors and non-horizontal mergers.

Geographic scope

EU-level and national level in 31 countries: EU-27 plus Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and the UK

Sectors

Digital Economy, Media, Postal, Telecoms

Related services

• State Aid & Subsidies
• Digital Economy Europe
• Telecoms Europe
• Media Europe
• Postal Europe
• Global Trends

 

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Deliverables

Deliverables

Databases Antitrust & Mergers Database
A user-friendly database explaining more than 700 national and EU antitrust & merger control cases. Our clear and concise summaries give you a quick and cost-effective way to grasp complex issues and draw comparisons with your own local circumstances.
The database is updated with new or amended case summaries and source documents on a continuous basis.

Legislation Navigator
Allows for easy navigation within EU antitrust & merger legislation.

Reports Flash Messages
News alerts on significant other antitrust and merger control developments across the covered sectors, such as sector inquiries and new or amended rules.

Explainers or Trackers
Explaining the application of key antitrust & merger control concepts in the four sectors covered by the service.

Antitrust & Mergers Quarterly Report
A report recapping key antitrust and merger developments in the relevant sectors over the past quarter.

Client support Enquiry
Our analysts are there to help you locate information from our reports or to provide additional research, subject to certain conditions.

All deliverables are updated on a regular basis or when a major development occurs, and clients are notified via email alerts.