EU Competition Law Briefing - 2026 Outlook

Join us on 20 February and again on 6 March at 12:30 for two Outlook 2026 sessions of our EU Competition Law Briefing.
 
In concise presentations designed to keep you informed and ahead of the curve, our CMS experts will provide you with a quick overview of what you need to know in competition law in 2026.
 
In our first session on 20 February you will hear about:

• Review of Regulation 1/2003 – The EU reviews the cornerstone of its antitrust enforcement framework – what to expect?
• Private Enforcement – Key trends in competition damages actions, recent case law, and what companies should expect as litigation activity continues to grow across the EU.
• Review of the DMA and digital markets – Update on the Digital Markets Act, its enforcement outlook, and what the evolving regulatory environment means for gatekeepers and digital market participants.
• Important cases at the ECJ – A concise overview of the 2026 antitrust court cases that really matter.

 
Our second session on 6 March will focus on merger-related competition law developments:

• Review of the EU Merger Guidelines – Fine-tuning or recast?
• Below-threshold mergers and call-in rights   – The new merger control landscape after Illumina and Towercast.
• Information exchange in transactions - Practical implications for managing this risk in light of recent cases.
• Review of the EU FDI Screening Regulation – In 2026 the EU will enact the new FDI Screening Regulation and 27 national regimes will need to adapt – what to expect?
• Update on the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation – Implications of the EU Commission's recent Guidelines, including the assessment of a distortion of competition, weighing distortive and positive effects and the power to request prior notification of below-threshold cases.