We are delighted to announce that Tim Cowen, Chair, Antitrust Practice, will be speaking at a webinar hosted by Promoting Economic Pluralism on 17 June 2020. The topic of discussion will be “The Digital Economy: A Covid Winner but for whom?” Tim will be joined by Ariel Ezrachi and Miriam Brett. It promises to be…
In 2016, following a merger inquiry, the European Commission blocked a proposed merger between o2 and Three UK, largely due to the impact the merger would have in the UK mobile market, by reducing the number of Mobile Network Operators in the UK from four to three, leading to increased prices and worse quality of…
The Judgment in GFH Capital Ltd v David Haigh & Ors [2020] EWHC 1269 (Comm) is now available to read on Bailii here. The Judgment, handed down by the Honourable Mr Justice Henshaw on 19 May 2020, provides a fascinating and very clear outline of the common law position on the enforcement of foreign judgments…
Preiskel & Co’s representation of GFH Capital Ltd in its claim to enforce a DIFC judgment against Mr. David Haigh and others in England and Wales has been referred to in The Lawyer. Preiskel & Co’s Robert Dougans represented GFH, along with counsel James Ramsden QC of Astraea Grup and Daniel Benedyk of 39 Essex…
We are delighted to announce that Preiskel & Co Senior Partner, Daniel Preiskel, will be a panellist at the Carrier Community MVNO conference, taking place virtually on 9 June 2020. Daniel will be speaking on the Building Blocks of Mobile Wholesale; it promises to be a fascinating event. To find out more, or to register…
NHS Coronavirus App Isle of Wight trial, as reviewed by Preiskel & Co’s Stewart White. The UK Government urged amongst some fanfare for the residents of the Isle of Wight to be “part of history” by downloading the NHS Contact Tracing App, which is the solution chosen by the Government instead of the location based…
In a judgment handed down on Tuesday 19 May 2020 (the “Judgment”), the Honourable Mr Justice Henshaw found in favour of GFH Capital Ltd’s claim to enforce a judgment of the Dubai International Finance Centre Courts (“DIFC”) against Mr David Haigh and Ors. This is the end of a long-running piece of litigation between GFH…
We are pleased to announce that Preiskel & Co Senior Partner, Daniel Preiskel, has been chosen to be a judge at the prestigious Global Carrier Awards at Capacity Europe. The awards are set to be held in London on 21 October 2020. You can find out more about the awards here. Please contact Daniel Preiskel…
We are delighted to announce that Preiskel & Co’s Tim Cowen will be speaking at a Cornerstone Research webinar on 18 May 2020. The webinar will focus on alternative counterfactuals for use in merger enforcement, and promises to be very interesting. Tim will be joined by a fascinating range of other expert speakers. More details…
We are delighted to have supported, along with BRG, the International Institute of Communications’ (IIC) recent webinar on Competition in Digital Markets. The webinar, hosted on 29 April 2020, included some fascinating insights into how regulators might approach digital markets in future, and how the economics of these markets differs to more traditional markets. The…
