Dear Members,
We are pleased to bring you the summer 2025 edition of the ICLN newsletter. Thank you to all those who contributed. We hope you enjoy reading it.
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Financial services
- Competition Law in Banking and Finance: Why (not only) Bankers Must Not “Peek at the Neighbour’s Cards” by Lenka Štiková Gachová and Roman Světnický
FDI
- First prohibition under the Czech FDI screening regime by Robert Neruda and Martin Rott
Trade
- PASFTA’s Entry into Force on 3 May 2025 Enhances Trade between Singapore and Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru) by Kala Anandarajah, BBM, Tanya Tang, Joshua Seet, and Nathanael Lin, Rajah & Tann, Singapore
- Upgraded AANZFTA Agreement Takes Effect from 21 Apr 2025 to Enhance Trade, Consumer Protection and Sustainability by Kala Anandarajah, BBM, Tanya Tang, and Joshua Seet, Rajah & Tann, Singapore
Dawn raids
- Safeguards Or Shortfalls? Attorney – Client Privilege In Competition Dawn Raids Updated – bpv GRIGORESCU STEFANICA by Cristina de Jonge
Cartels
- Portugal: Hub & Spoke Cases – Trends and Developments by Armando Martins Ferreira and Hugo Brito de Almeida, Abreu Advogados
- A Heightened Enforcement Involving Bid-rigging in Singapore by Kala Anandarajah, BBM, Tanya Tang, and Joshua Seet, Rajah & Tann, Singapore
Antitrust news
- Antitrust news in France by Bastien Thomas and Guillaume Fabre
- Antitrust and Technology in Brazil: highlights from CADE’s recent activity and what to expect next by Cristianne Zarzur, Jackson Ferreira, Clara Bauer
- Rewriting the Rules: Mexico’s 2025 Competition Law Reform and What It Means for Global Business by Patricio Martínez Osorio, Michelle Posada Mendoza, Grecia Ahumada Velasco, Pérez-Llorca, México
Mergers
- The Future of Media Mergers in Ireland: Key Changes Proposed under the General Scheme of the Media Regulation Bill by Tara Kelly, Mason Hayes & Curran
Competition Litigation