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…
The Preiskel & Co Data Protection team has written an update for companies concerned about the impact of the end of the Brexit Transition Period has on data protection compliance requirements. You can read this update here. Please contact Jose Saras, Xavier Prida, or Joanna Coombs-Huang if you have any questions or concerns regarding the…
Tshe Lawyer has revealed its ‘Top 20 Cases’ of 2021, and we are delighted to see a case run by the Preiskel & Co dispute resolution team included. The case, Dynasty Company for Oil and Gas Trading v the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq and Dr Ashti Hawrami, is a £1.24 billion claim against the Kurdistan…
We are delighted to see an article co-authored by Tim Cowen, Chair, Antitrust Practice, and Claire Barraclough, Associate, along with Joshua Koran, Head of Innovation Labs at Zeta Global, has been published in Competition Policy International. The article, entitled “”Privacy Fixing” After Texas et al v. Google and CMA v Google (Privacy Sandbox): Approaches to…
This groundbreaking battery technology could be hugely valuable for the environment in years to come being the breakthrough for the electric cars of the future. Preiskel & Co are proud to have advised a leading Korean multinational telecoms company’s venture arm on its successful multi-million dollar investment into this Israeli start-up company, StoreDot some years…
We are delighted to announce that Tim Cowen, Chair, Antitrust Practice, will be delivering a guest lecture at the University of Oxford. The lecture, entitled “Searching the soul of antitrust: what is competition law for?” will take place on 12 February 2021, from 12:30 to 2.30pm. For more details, and to register to attend, please…
The CMA has, today, announced that it is opening an investigation into Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” proposals. The announcement follows a complaint about Google’s conduct submitted to the CMA on 23 November 2020 by Marketers for an Open Web (“MOW”). Preiskel & Co’s competition and antitrust team, led by Tim Cowen, advised MOW in relation to…
We are pleased to announce that Preiskel has advised Dubber Corporation Limited (ASX: DUB) (Dubber), a global leader in Call Recording & Voice Intelligence, on their acquisition of Speik – a leading UK-based provider of call recording and PCI Compliance solutions. The deal was announced in Australia today, with a $38 million performance-based acquisition which…
Preiskel & Co is delighted to announce that Tim Cowen, Chair, Antitrust Practice, will be taking part in a panel discussion hosted by Cornerstone Research on 15 December 2020. The panel webinar is entitled “Expert Forum: Draft CMA Guidelines: “Keep it or Bin IT?”“, and will focus on the Competition and Markets Authority’s draft new…
The Preiskel & Co Competition and Antitrust team, led by Tim Cowen, has been advising Marketers for an Open Web (MOW) in relation to a complaint submitted to the CMA on 23 November 2020. The complaint relates to Google’s conduct in relation to its browser, Chrome, and browser engine, Chromium, which MOW argues is abuse…
