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Advocate General Juliane Kokott probably caused a few headaches in the technology world when she recently opined in a case referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union that national competition authorities should apply market dominance abuse rules to transactions.

Due to these reasons, the Commission initiated a formal investigation into this issue earlier this year on its own motion.

In the first quarter of 2018, at the request of the FCA, the Austrian Cartel Court imposed fines for the implementation of a notifiable transaction prior to obtaining clearance in two separate cases.

Equity investments in a capital increase is the traditional and prevalent method of venture capital (VC) and start-up financing (i.e. capital in exchange for equity).

July 2025 – The EU Listing Act introduces significant changes to the capital markets framework, including a revision of the ad-hoc disclosure rules...

Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (the "FSR") will become applicable this year on 12 July and 12 October (for M&A notifications) respectively.

Together with a UK and US lawyers and a Delaware Supreme Court judge, KNOETZL's Katrin Hanschitz explored "Trends in Merger and Acquisition Law and Practice: The Interrelationship between Stockholder Voting and Director Duties" ...

The Austrian Cartel and Competition Law Amendment Act 2021 (KaWeRÄG 2021) will introduce – in part substantial – amendments to the Austrian merger control regime as of 1 January 2022.

Egal ob nachhaltige Energieerzeugung, Finanzierungen, Veranlagungen, Versicherungen, Immobilien, Arzneimittel oder Konsumgüter – Nachhaltigkeitsrecht ist als eigenständiges Rechtsgebiet angekommen.

Remote work is here to stay, and so are the legal and tax challenges it brings. More and more international employees work remotely from Austria, temporarily or long term.

As of 1 January 2021, Bulgaria's Commission for the Protection of Competition (the "CPC") will be available for pre-notification discussions.

The Austrian Federal Competition Authority (FCA), together with the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO), has published an update to its guidelines on the application of the transaction value thresholds.

During economic downturns valuations drop and dealmakers rightly expect a shift from a sellers' to a buyers' market.

On 30 November 2018, a new law implementing several changes to existing legislation (1), notably to the Civil Code and the Commercial Companies Code, as well as to tax laws, was announced.

CMS is pleased to announce its Emerging Europe M&A Report 2018/19, published in cooperation with EMIS.

The amendment to the anti-trust law, which entered into force on 1 May 2017, also contains a new consideration test. From now on, it must be taken in account during mergers.

Egal ob nachhaltige Energieerzeugung, Immobilien, Finanzen oder Konsumgüter – Nachhaltigkeitsrecht ist als eigenständiges Rechtsgebiet angekommen.