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Competition Law Update – November 2024
This update covers key developments in the application of competition law to the financial sector in the UK in recent months. In this issue, we turn first to recent regulatory developments with an impact on merger control regimes, including the publication of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act), and the publication of proposed revisions to merger control regimes in the UK and the US. We also consider a range of developments across regulatory regimes that touch on the financial sector in both the UK and the EU.
24 OCT 2024Competition Law Update – June 2021
This update covers key developments in the application of competition law to the financial sector in the UK in recent months.
1 JUN 2021Competition Law Update – March 2021
Matthew Sinclair-Thomson and Sandeep Ravikumar of Kirkland & Ellis (International) LLP review recent UK competition law developments in the financial sector. This update covers key developments in the application of competition law to the financial sector in the UK in recent months. The work of regulators continues to be impacted by COVID-19, but the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have continued to progress market study work, including a wide-ranging update into all aspects of the loyalty penalty super-complaint investigation.
1 MAR 2021Competition Law Update
Matthew Sinclair-Thomson, Sandeep Ravikumar and Loukia Kopitsa of Kirkland and Ellis (International) LLP review recent UK competition law developments in the financial sector. This update covers key developments in the application of competition law to the financial sector in the UK in recent months. In this issue, we focus in particular on proposals and actions of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for the implementation of an open banking ecosystem in the UK and on the latest developments in ongoing class action and cartel cases.
1 JUN 2022Competition Law Update – March 2022
Matthew Sinclair-Thomson, Sandeep Ravikumar and Loukia Kopitsa of Kirkland and Ellis (International) LLP review recent UK competition law developments in the financial sector. This update covers key developments in the application of competition law to the financial sector in the UK in recent months. In this issue, we focus in particular on market studies and enforcement action by the UK’s financial regulators.
1 MAR 2022Competition Law Update – March 2023
Our regular updates cover key developments in the application of competition law to the financial sector in the UK in recent months. In this update, we focus in particular on the intersection between Big Tech’s presence in the financial sector and UK competition law, the entry into effect of new UK and EU subsidy control regimes and the latest developments in ongoing class action and cartel cases, as well as in the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) continued enforcement of open banking in the UK.
1 MAR 2023Competition Law Update – November 2022
Matthew Sinclair-Thomson, Sandeep Ravikumar and Loukia Kopitsa of Kirkland and Ellis (International) LLP review recent UK competition law developments in the financial sector. This update covers key developments in the application of competition law to the financial sector in the UK in recent months. In this update, we focus in particular on recent decisions of the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Competition and Markets Authority, and the first intersection between the crypto world and UK competition law.
1 NOV 2022Competition Law Update – June 2023
Matthew Sinclair-Thomson, Sandeep Ravikumar and Loukia Kopitsa of Kirkland and Ellis (International) LLP review recent UK competition law developments in the financial sector. This update covers key developments in the application of competition law to the financial sector in the UK in recent months. In this issue, we focus in particular on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) and the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) continued enforcement of competition in the financial sector and open banking in the UK, as well as recent developments showing that the CMA’s tough stance on mergers is unlikely to change any time soon.
1 JUN 2023Competition Law Update – March 2024
Matthew Sinclair-Thomson, Loukia Kopitsa and Chloe Temmerman of Kirkland and Ellis (International) LLP review recent UK competition law developments in the financial sector
1 MAR 2024Competition Law Update – November 2023
Matthew Sinclair-Thomson, Sandeep Ravikumar and Loukia Kopitsa of Kirkland and Ellis (International) LLP review recent UK competition law developments in the financial sector
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