Afghanistan: M&A/Private Equity

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A Few Tenths Of A Per Cent Was Enough: What Booking/Etraveli Means For Platform Deals
The European General Court has upheld the Commission's prohibition of Booking Holdings' acquisition of Etraveli Group, endorsing a novel 'reverse leveraging' theory of harm in platform mergers. This landmark judgment establishes that a dominant platform can be blocked from acquiring a business in an adjacent market even when the transaction produces only a marginal market share increase, if it serves to entrench an already weak competitive environment and make it harder for rivals to challenge the incumbent
Afghanistan Anti-trust
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Goodwin Procter LLP
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EU Inc Und Das 28. Regime: Von Der Vereinfachung Des Gesellschaftsrechts Zur Kapitalmarktinfrastruktur?
Die Europäische Kommission hat ein umfassendes Legislativpaket zur Einführung der EU Inc vorgelegt – einer optionalen, EU-weit einheitlichen Gesellschaftsrechtsform als 28. Regime. Für Finanzdienstleister wirft dieser Vorschlag grundlegende Fragen zur Bankfähigkeit, Investierbarkeit und Marktinfrastrukturkompatibilität auf und berührt die gesamte Finanzierungskette von der Gründung bis zur Insolvenz.
Afghanistan Finance
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PwC Legal Germany
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EU Inc And The 28th Regime: From Company Law Simplification To Capital Markets Infrastructure?
The European Commission has proposed EU Inc, a harmonized corporate legal framework allowing companies to incorporate under a single European company-law form across all 27 Member States. This initiative aims to reduce legal fragmentation and transaction costs that currently discourage companies from scaling within the Single Market, addressing Europe's challenge of converting startups into unicorns at scale comparable to the United States. The proposal represents not merely a company-law simplification but
Afghanistan Commercial
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PwC Legal Germany
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European Commission Releases Draft Merger Guidelines: A Modernized Merger Assessment Framework That Addresses Concerns Of Global Competitiveness
The European Commission has published draft Merger Guidelines representing the most comprehensive modernization of EU merger control in over twenty years. Spurred by landmark reports from Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi calling for regulatory reform to enable European firms to achieve global competitive scale, the draft introduces significant changes including a formal "theory of benefit" framework for efficiencies, an "innovation shield" for startup acquisitions, expanded non-price competition parameters, an
Afghanistan Anti-trust
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader