Isabel Rooms, Author at Kluwer Competition Law Blog

Bahrain, Competition Law 2024, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, Yemen

How Are Competition Laws Heating Up in the Middle East? An Insider’s Guide to the Recent Surge in Legislation and Enforcement

Isabel Rooms, Chris Macbeth, Daniela Weerasinghe (Cleary Gottlieb)/December 11, 2024December 17, 2024 /Leave a comment

This year, we kick off our ‘main developments in competition law and policy’ series with this special treat! Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2018-2024: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia (the KSA), Syria, United Arab Emirates (the UAE), and Yemen 1. Introduction and Background Antitrust regulation has…

Belgium, Competition Law 2021

Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2021 – Belgium

Isabel Rooms (Cleary Gottlieb) and Florian Jonniaux (Linklaters LLP)/March 14, 2022March 11, 2022 /Leave a comment

Even amidst another Covid-19 dominated year, the Belgian Competition Authority (“BCA”) and courts have maintained a steady pace of competition law enforcement. With fewer substantive mergers to review, the BCA’s focus in 2021 has rather been on unlawful information exchange and a variety of vertical restrictions. While the BCA has yet to rule on abuse…