Cleary Gottlieb Discusses UK Merger Control Enforcement Ahead of Brexit

By Nicholas Levy, Maurits Dolmans, Paul Gilbert and Ricardo Zimbron March 11, 2020 by Paul Gilbert

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is strengthening its approach to merger control as it prepares for its new status as a global enforcer with expanded jurisdiction.

Following the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January 2020, the …

Cleary Gottlieb Discusses the UK Competition Law Implications of a No-Deal Brexit

By Nicholas Levy, Paul Gilbert and Alexandra Hackney October 8, 2019 by Paul Gilbert

A no-deal Brexit would have significant and immediate effects on UK competition law enforcement:

Parallel investigation of mergers, cartels, and dominance cases by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) and European Commission (“EC”);
Possible delay to transactions notified to

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Cleary Gottlieb Discusses UK Merger Control Enforcement Ahead of Brexit

Cleary Gottlieb Discusses the UK Competition Law Implications of a No-Deal Brexit