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With the new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation ("FSR") now fully in force, M&A transactions and public procurement processes above certain prescribed thresholds are now mandatorily...

In this briefing, we highlight the key themes from Irish merger control in 2024 and look forward at the emerging developments in 2025, including the recent introduction of Ireland's new FDI screening regime.

EU and Irish regulators, including the CCPC and the European Commission, are empowered to conduct "dawn raids" in order to gather evidence for competition law investigations.

The Irish Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 (the Act) is currently expected to enter into force by 30 June 2024.

The UK Supreme Court recently handed down an important judgment concerning the statutory interpretation of the legislative framework regulating litigation funding agreements

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the "CCPC") announced in July that it had opened an inquiry in the GAAGO Media online streaming service...

On 1 June 2023, the European Commission published its new block exemption regulationsOpens in new window on research and development (R&D) and specialisation agreements, collectively referred...

Fostering healthy and competitive markets is a key objective of the European Union. And one set of regulations has served as the cornerstone...

As competition enforcement intensifies across Ireland and the EU, is your business Dawn Raid ready? With unannounced inspections (also known as "Dawn Raids") making headlines once again...

Ireland's merger notification regime has undergone significant reform with new financial thresholds taking effect from 1 July 2026, raising the aggregate turnover requirement from €60 million to €100 million and individual turnover from €10 million to €15 million. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's first-ever use of its call-in power in the Uniphar/TouchStore transaction demonstrates how below-threshold deals with competitive significance will remain subject to regu

There have been a number of recent Irish and EU developments since the seminal 2017 Supreme Court judgment in CRH plc v Competition and Consumer Protection Commission...

The Irish media merger regime has a long history and remains a complex part of the Irish regulatory law and politics.

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There were 90 transactions notified to the CCPC in 2025, up from 82 in 2024 and 68 in 2023, marking a continued upward trajectory in the number of deals being notified to the CCPC.

The Court of Justice of the EU ("CJEU"), in the case of Meta Platforms & Ors, Case C-252/21Opens in new window, delivered an important decision confirming that an abuse of dominant position...

On 27 September 2023, the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (the "2022 Act") will enter into force following the recent publication of the much-anticipated commencement order regarding the 2022 Act.

The Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (the "Act") was signed into law on 29 June 2022. The primary purpose of the Act is to implement the EU ECN+ Directive ("ECN+")...