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Matheson has contributed to The Global Legal Post's Law Over Borders Merger Control Law Guide, offering jurisdiction-specific insights into merger control regimes worldwide. Calum Warren and Simon Shinkwin provide a comprehensive overview of Ireland's merger control framework, covering everything from jurisdictional scope to enforcement mechanisms.

Imagine receiving a call from your office receptionist one morning and being informed that competition regulators are at your office, seeking access to documents and systems. Your team is uncertain about the necessary...

On 8 December 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") delivered its judgment in Orde Van Vlaamse Balies a.o.Opens in new window[1] (the "Orde Ruling")...

Irish competition law is set to be revolutionised by the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 (the "Bill") published this week with enactment expected in the coming months.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") is responsible for the promotion and enforcement of competition law in Ireland.

A draft of the Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022 (the "Bill") was published on 2 August 2022.

Ireland's proposed Media Regulation Bill introduces sweeping reforms to the country's media merger regime, expanding regulatory oversight to include social media platforms and streaming services while transferring assessment authority from ministerial to independent regulatory control. The legislation modernizes decades-old definitions of media businesses and implements new notification thresholds that could significantly increase the volume of transactions requiring regulatory approval.

Welcome to the eighth edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control.

Competition Litigation 2017.

Ireland’s merger control regime is mandatory and imposes a prohibition on the merging parties putting a notifiable merger into effect prior to Authority clearance.

Welcome to the eighth edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control.

Under Irish law, offences are divided between summary (minor) offences and indictable (serious) offences.

If merger activity is an indicator of economic performance, any economic recovery being experienced in Ireland is slow and fragile.