European competition authorities have started to examine how so-called category management or category captain roles may influence market dynamics and potentially restrict competition. Recent enforcement activity reflects a shift towards investigating and addressing more subtle forms of potential fo...
On 14 October 2025, the European Commission (the “Commission”) issued fines totalling over €157M to the three fashion companies Gucci, Chloé and Loewe for restricting resellers’ pricing independence. The practices involved so-called resale price maintenance (“RPM”), i.e. the companies prevente...
The Council of the European Union (the “EU”) adopted on 23 October 2025 its 19th package of sanctions against Russia. Please find our previous blog posts on the sanctions here, here, here, here and here. Russia’s energy sector – A new ban on import of LNG and further sanctions against the shadow fle...
Private competition enforcement in Sweden has recently experienced an awakening. The Swedish Patent and Market Court (“PMC”) is currently handling several high-value damages claims and actions for injunctions against alleged competition law infringements. The ongoing proceedings span a wide range of...
The European Commission (the “Commission”) has accepted binding commitments from Microsoft to address competition concerns regarding the tying of Teams with its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 productivity suites, following complaints from competitors and a preliminary finding of abuse of dominance. Mi...
On 4 September 2025, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “ECJ” or the “Court”) delivered its preliminary ruling in Case C-21/24, Nissan Iberia. The case addressed the starting point of limitation periods for private antitrust damages actions based on decisions of nat...
The European Commission (the “Commission”) has broken new ground by imposing fines totalling approximately EUR 172,000 on Eurofield SAS and its parent company Unanime Sport SAS for providing incomplete information during an antitrust investigation. This marks the first time the Commission has exerci...
On 24 July 2025, the European Commission (“Commission”) opened a formal investigation into whether KKR & Co. Inc. (“KKR”) provided incorrect or misleading information during the Commission’s merger investigation of KKR’s acquisition of Telecom Italia SpA’s (“TIM”) fixed-line network business (“N...
The European defence sector is undergoing rapid growth as governments expand budgets and accelerate modernization programmes. For companies, this expansion creates exciting opportunities but also exposes them to heightened legal, regulatory, and reputational risks. The regulatory landscape is comple...
Swedish courts have assumed to play a more active role in interpreting and applying the EU State aid rules. This development is marked by the first-ever preliminary references from Swedish courts to the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) in two cases during the last year: C-401/24, Stockholms Ham...
A recent inquiry has proposed new Swedish legislation to enhance the fight against corruption and related crimes. This blog post highlights the key developments, next steps, and how companies can prepare to ensure compliance. Background As previously reported on our EU and Competition Blog (see here...
On 10 July 2025, the European Commission (the “Commission”) launched a call for evidence and a public consultation seeking input from companies, legal practitioners, economists, national authorities and other stakeholders on proposed reforms to the EU’s competition law enforcement framework. The con...