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On 4 April 2012, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) decided to refer the markets for the supply and acquisition of private healthcare in the UK to the Competition Commission (CC) for an in-depth market investigation.  The CC's terms of reference are...

The purpose of this note is to provide a general overview of various key aspects of planning and structuring an M&A transaction involving a target active in the Russian healthcare sector.  In this briefing we address typical features and potential pitfalls...

Mit unserer heutigen Ausgabe des "Newsflash" nehmen wir Bezug auf einen Beschluss des Oberlandesgerichts Düsseldorf vom 11.01.2012, wonach es zulässig sein kann, Rabattvereinbarungen ohne europaweite Ausschreibung zu vergeben. Voraussetzung...

Selected regulatory changes April – June 2011 (English & Chinese)

Foreign companies doing business in China's life sciences sector must pay special attention to the protection and enforcement regime in China of intellectual property (IP), oftentimes their most valuable asset. This article provides an overview of key...

Mit unserer heutigen Ausgabe des "Newsflash" nehmen wir Bezug auf ein Urteil des Bundesgerichtshofs vom 09.06.2011, wonach Schadensersatzansprüche gegen öffentliche Auftraggeber künftig einfacher durchsetzbar sind. In our current issue...

This paper offers an overview of the major EU competition law developments over the past year. It was prepared for the IBC Advanced Competition Law Conference in London on 4 May 2011. The views expressed in this paper are personal and do not necessarily reflect...

The standard bearer for anti-corruption legislation for three decades, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the "FCPA") has now been overtaken by the UK Bribery Act 2010 (the "Bribery Act") which has broader application, stricter sanctions...

Within the space of two weeks, the European Parliament voted through two important pieces of legislation for the consumer goods and retail sector that have been the subject of negotiations since 2008; one in relation to consumer rights generally, and the other...

Organic Law 5/2010 of 22 June 2010, which amends Organic Law 10/1995 of 23 November 1995, on the Criminal Code (LO 5/2010 of 22 June, which modifies LO 10/1995 of 23 November of the Criminal Code) ("LO 5/2010") establishes for the first time in the Spanish...