France to take Google and Apple to Court

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 write chapter for GTDT Foreign Investment Review 2018

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…

LPQ Russia and AmRest Holdings Reach €6m Deal

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 and Crêpeaffaire Secure Investment with BGF

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…

Preiskel & Co Recognised by Who’s Who Legal 2018

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 Contribute to ICLG Telecoms, Media & Internet Laws & Regulations 2018

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…

The New European Electronic Communications Code

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 Contributes to MEF’s PSD2 Guidelines 2017

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…