Preiskel & Co Managing Partner, Ronnie Preiskel, has given a Q&A interview on tech fundraising to the New Economy Observer. In the piece, published here, Ronnie discusses potential sources of funding to consider, and how both the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit have affected the fundraising landscape. It’s a very interesting and helpful read. Please contact…
On 20 January 2021, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in the case of Phones 4U Limited v EE Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 116. It upheld the decision that, for the purposes of disclosure, the personal devices of the defendant’s employees and former employees containing relevant documents were under the defendant’s control. The court…
The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has announced a formal investigation into tech giant Apple. The announcement follows complaints to the CMA from app developers regarding the company’s terms and conditions. The terms and conditions are also the subject of a European Commission investigation, in which it was announced this week that Apple would be…
We are delighted to announce that Tim Cowen, Chair, Antitrust Practice, will be taking part in Mediaspace’s expert panel on 18 March 2021.
The panel will discuss “Marketers & Google Privacy Sandbox”.
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We are delighted to see that Mediaspace have published an exclusive interview with Tim Cowen, Chair, Competition & Antitrust at Preiskel & Co. The fascinating interview discusses the competition issues faced in the digital space, in particular in relation to smaller players’ relationships with large platforms and to proposed reforms to the UK system. You…
Prominent game developer Epic Games has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in the European Union, widening the net of its continuing legal challenges after filing lawsuits in the US, Australia, and the UK, the last of which you can read about in our blog post here. At the core of the legal dispute is…
Law360 published an article on 10 February 2021 reporting on a preliminary hearing on jurisdiction in Dynasty Company for Oil and Gas Trading v the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq and Dr Ashti Hawrami. At the hearing, the question considered was whether the UK court’s have jurisdiction to hear the claim, and whether Dr Hawrami,…
When, where and why should the law intervene in the distribution of a product? This perennial and highly practical question is open for consultation as of 10 February 2021 (see more here). During its EU membership, the UK was required to apply the EU’s Vertical Agreements Block Exemption, which applied a relatively strict approach to…
We are delighted to announce that Preiskel & Co Senior Partner, Daniel Preiskel, will be discussing Augmented and Virtual Reality at a Law and IT Conference hosted by the Legal Training Consultancy on 11 February 2021.
For more information, or to register, please click here.
Please contact Daniel Preiskel with questions.
Preiskel & Co is pleased to announce that the UK Chapter of Lexology’s Getting The Deal Through, Foreign Direct Investment series 2021, authored by Tim Cowen, Chair Antitrust Practice, and Claire Barraclough, Associate, has been published. The chapter offers the definitive guide to non-economic regulatory controls on mergers in the UK, and is a must-read…
