In this issue: Financial institutions are under regulatory scrutiny like never before, and competition authorities are front and center. Editorial Board Member Nicolas Petit has assembled a premier group of…

Nicolas Petit, Aug 26, 2011 It will have taken policy makers an extra financial crisis to realize that financial markets should not be hostage of the predictions of the “big…

Paolo Palmigiano, Josh Sherer, Jul 28, 2011 This article discusses the application and practical implications of merger control rules to certain transactions not traditionally seen as mergers; namely, the taking…

Katarzyna Czapracka, Mark Powell, Jul 28, 2011 Like their U.S. counterparts, the EU antitrust enforcers have decided to probe practices that attracted criticism in the wake of the recent economic…

Rosa Abrantes-Metz, Jul 28, 2011 The U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other regulatory agencies have recently made allegations of a possible conspiracy to manipulate the…

Todd Fishman, Olivier Fréget, David Gabathuler, Jul 28, 2011 It can be questioned, whether the introduction of a more robust financial regulatory scheme and the apparent resurgence of concerns about…

Thibault Balthazar, Bruno Lebrun, Jul 28, 2011 On April 29, 2011, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced two antitrust investigations on the Credit Default Swaps market (the “CDS market”) relating…

Emanuela Lecchi, Jul 28, 2011 In the United Kingdom, the debate on competition and financial services has focused lately on a fairly esoteric discussion about whether one of the new…