European competition investigations seldom unfold in straight lines. They expand, contract, and change direction as new facts surface and new actors enter the frame.

On 31 May 2022, ESMA published its report on the Common Supervisory Action ("CSA") on costs and fees of UCITS that was carried out with national competent authorities ("NCAs") (including the CSSF) in 2021.

In a decision of 2 June 2025 in Case AT.40795 – Food Delivery Services, the European Commission imposed fines of 223.285 million euros and 105.732 million euros respectively...

Luxembourg has adopted the law of 4 April 2025, marking a significant step toward the national implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on a Single Market for Digital Services (the Digital Services Act, or DSA).

The European Commission has published a draft of its revised Merger Guidelines, representing the most significant overhaul of EU merger control in over two decades.

The Digital Markets Act and the Regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the international market enter into force during this year 2023 and provide to the Luxembourg Competition Authority new powers (I).

Luxembourg is the last EU Member State without a legal framework on merger control. At present, the Competition Authority (the "Authority") can only intervene ex post by sanctioning a merger...

In the Brasserie Nationale and Munhowen judgment of 2 July 2025,(1) the General Court of the EU confirms that mergers below EU thresholds...

Airbnb, c'est LA firme du moment, créée en 2008, couvrant 190 pays et 34 000 villes dans le monde.

Luxembourg's merger control regime is on the horizon, with bill of law 8296 set to be fine-tuned to ensure legal certainty following the State Council's recent opinion.

The new EU foreign subsidies regime will impact all multinational companies regardless of their country of origin.

In the aftermath of World War II, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ("Luxembourg") has seen significant and consistent economic growth due mostly to its political stability, social tranquillity, and central location in Europe.

On 24 November 2022, Luxembourg enacted a new law on competition ("Law"), aiming to overhaul the current competition legislation and transpose into Luxembourg law Directive...

The European Commission has published its long-awaited Guidelines on the application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), providing clarity on key concepts and enforcement mechanisms under the new framework.

On 2nd June, the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg published the new law on the renewal of aid schemes for research, development and innovation and on the missions of the national Agency for the promotion of innovation and research.

Die VK Rheinland hat sich in einem kürzlich veröffentlichten Beschluss intensiv mit der umstrittenen Frage auseinandergesetzt

Newsletter May 2019

The main objective of the new law is to allow the Luxembourg competition authority to act more independently. The new rules are also expected to strengthen legal certainty in the activities...

Considering the new leverages which the Law confers to the Council, it seems that the legislator has approached a new level of competition enforcement, resulting in an increase in efficiency of the individual procedure as well as the tightening of the implementation of competition rules.

The FSR targets any undertaking engaged in an economic activity in the internal market that has received a foreign subsidy distorting the internal market.