Merger control over tech sector critical national infrastructure: Government releases its Proposals Last week the UK announced its next phase of reforms to merger control, this was in the week that the Economist called for the “ Updating of national security safeguards” and the expansion of the remit of the Committee on Foreign Investment in…
Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire, announced on Wednesday that France it will take Google and Apple to court over what it considered “abusive” contractual terms imposed by the tech companies. France will be seeking fines of 2 million euros from Apple and Google. Maire has been made aware that the tech companies unilaterally imposed prices and contract…
Preiskel & Co’s team has written the UK chapter for Getting the Deal Through’s Foreign Investment Review 2018. The chapter outlines the legal framework which applies to foreign direct investment in the UK, including examples of recent merger cases and proposals for reform which have been developing at policy-level. Read the team’s chapter here. For advice regarding…
Preiskel & Co LLP is pleased to have advised its longstanding client, LPQ Russia Limited, on its recent agreement with AmRest Holdings SE (WSE: EAT), the largest publicly listed restaurant operator in Central Europe. LPQ Russia trades under the Хлеб Насущный” (Hleb Nasuschny) and “Филипповъ” (Philippov) brands in Moscow. More details are available at this link.…
Preiskel & Co are acting for Connexin Limited, who have recently secured their place as a bidder in Ofcom’s auction for the award of wireless telegraphy licences for the use of the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz spectrum. Ofcom is releasing portions of the spectrum for the 2.3 and 3.4 GHz bands, with the intention to…
Crêpeaffaire and its founder Daniel Spinath, alongside the assistance of Preiskel & Co, have successfully secured a £2 million funding deal with BGF, the venture capital investor. With annual sales generating £5 million pounds last year, and with sites in Birmingham, Newcastle, Leeds, Cardiff, Chester, across London, as well as the Middle East, Crêpeaffaire will use…
Who’s Who Legal 2018 have named Danny Preiskel, Tim Cowen, and Ronnie Preiskel as experts in Telecoms & Media and Information Technology. A statement from Who’s Who Legal provides that, “[s]ince 1996 Who’s Who Legal has identified the foremost legal practitioners in business law based upon comprehensive, independent research. It is impossible to buy entry into…
Daniel Preiskel and Tim Cowen recently co-authored a chapter of the latest version of the ICLG: Telecoms, Media & Internet Laws & Regulations 2018 publication. Their chapter, titled ‘A Regulatory Re-Think?’, raises the following questions: are we blindly walking into another age of monopoly?; how can we better implement our regulatory framework to ensure the…
Stephan Buck and Daniel Preiskel recently co-authored an article on the new European Electronic Communications Code for LexisNexis, which explains: “[i]n September 2016, the European Commission published its proposal for a new Directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) which shall merge and amend the existing Framework, Authorisation, Access and Universal Service Directives. This new legal…
Preiskel & Co has co-authored the Moblie Ecosystem Forum’s ‘Payment Services Directive 2 Guidelines for the Mobile Ecosystem’. It was published on the MEF website, with the following statement: “MEF’s PSD2 Guidelines are designed to give help all relevant stakeholders of the mobile payment ecosystem, including banks, payment processors, vendors, service providers and MNOs. The…
