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The Austrian Brau Union Case Unsettles Heineken

In a recent interview with Orla McDonald from the Dutch Het Financieele Dagblad, Vicky Robertson discussed the…

Merger Control at the European Parliament

At an event that took place at the European Parliament, Vicky Robertson discussed ways in which the…

Vienna Competition Law Days 2026

On 24 and 25 September 2026, The Competition Law Hub once again hosts the Vienna Competition Law Days…

Events

CLH-VCLD

Vienna Competition Law Days 2024

On 12 and 13 September 2024, The Competition Law Hub once again hosted the Vienna Competition Law Days at the...
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The Market Definition Notice 2024

In February 2024, the European Commission published its revised Market Definition Notice. For the first time, this new instrument contains...
ÖZK

Insights into the Vienna Competition Law Days 2023

In the current issue of the Austrian Competition Journal (Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht), Fabian Ziermann takes a look back at...

Publications

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Merger Guidance on Democracy

Although the European Union’s draft Merger Guidelines acknowledge that consolidation in digital platforms can harm the democratic process, they need...
DMA

Steering and User Choice in the DMA

Vicky Robertson and David Führer just published a working paper version of their analysis of Articles 5(4) and 5(5) Digital...
antitrust

Special Issue on the EU Market Definition Notice

The European Commission’s revised Market Definition Notice, published in 2024, brought many changes and updates to this central analytical step...

Talks

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Merger Control at the European Parliament

At an event that took place at the European Parliament, Vicky Robertson discussed ways in which the forthcoming Merger Guidelines...
ASCOLA

ASCOLA 2026

At the annual conference of the Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA), which took place in London from 1 to...
Pembroke Roundtable

AI & Competition

On 30 June 2026, Vicky Robertson participated in a Roundtable on AI and Competition, hosted by Ariel Ezrachi at Pembroke...

News & Media

Heineken

The Austrian Brau Union Case Unsettles Heineken

In a recent interview with Orla McDonald from the Dutch Het Financieele Dagblad, Vicky Robertson discussed the developing case law...
Screenshot

Book Award for Klaudia Majcher

Klaudia Majcher’s book on ‘Coherence between Data Protection and Competition Law in Digital Markets’ was awarded the Irena & Jerzy...
Ziermann

Fabian Ziermann awarded PhD

On 23 March 2026, Fabian Ziermann successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled ‘Player Copyrights and Antitrust Ecosystems in eSports and...