In March 2019, the European Commission ("EC") closed its investigation into the licensing practices of a number of Hollywood studios and large European pay-TV broadcasters (Case AT.40023 'Cross-border access to pay-TV', initiated in January 2014) after the parties accepted legally...

In July 2017, the European Commission ("EC") announced an in-depth investigation into the $692 million transaction by which the German company Knorr-Bremse would acquire the Swedish firm Haldex. Knorr-Bremse and Haldex are two of the world's largest manufacturers of brake...

Compass Lexecon advised Deutsche Börse during the European Commission’s investigation of its proposed merger with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). The proposed merger would have combined the activities of two of the largest financial infrastructure groups in Europe, which...

Compass Lexecon economists Thilo Klein and Agata Lewicka advised EconGas in antitrust litigation against Verbund AG before the Austrian Cartel Court. EconGas is a gas wholesaler belonging to the OMV Group, while Verbund AG is an Austrian electricity provider. The...