The Swiss Competition Commission (WEKO) has approved the purchase of Sunrise, Switzerland’s leading mobile operator, by UPC (Liberty Global), its leading cable operator, to create the second largest telecommunications company in Switzerland. WEKO approved the decision without any conditions on the basis that ‘there is no threat of eliminating effective competition’. This decision follows earlier
Oxera’s new study of 1,000 businesses from across four member states reveals that a well-designed Digital Services Act has the potential to return positive outcomes for Europe’s businesses, consumers and platform start-ups. In June 2020, the European Commission proposed a new Digital Services Act (DSA) to provide updated rules and regulations for digital services. Allied
Summary Oxera, Edge Health and Dr Kit Yates have partnered to bring together their analytical, modelling, epidemiological, health sector and aviation expertise in order to review papers from Public Health England (PHE), the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), which form the basis of the
As part of the measures fostering widespread high-speed and high-quality telecommunications connectivity in the EU, the European Electronic Communications Code (‘the Code’), adopted in late 2018, provides an updated regulatory framework aimed at creating a pro-competitive and pro-investment regulatory environment for very-high-capacity networks (VHCNs). The European Commission and the Body of European Regulators for Electronic
As the world becomes ever more digital, Julian Wright, Professor of Economics at the National University of Singapore, joins Oxera’s Associate network. Julian Wright is the Lim Chong Yah Professor in the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore. His research is primarily in the areas of network economics, digital platforms and competition
On 26 August 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the appeals from the Court of Appeal judgment in Unwired Planet v Huawei [2018] EWCA Civ 2344 and the Conversant v Huawei and ZTE [2019] EWCA Civ 38 case. It was a much-awaited ruling on several legal and economic issues arising in
15 September 2020: 11.00-12.30 CET The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic led to a rapid response from the European Commission through changes to its State aid framework. An unprecedented amount of state support has since been provided by national governments within a short period of time, with over €2.6 trillion of aid provided by
We are delighted to announce that Stéphane Dewulf is joining Oxera in Brussels as a Principal from today, 1 September 2020. Stéphane is an economist who specialises in competition law matters, with experience as both a consultant and an enforcer. Until April this year, he worked at the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition, where for
Last week, Oxera Partner, Dr Min Shi, CFA, testified in the eight-week trial at the London High Court in the matter of PCP Capital Partners LLP and others v. Barclays Bank Plc. Dr Shi was cross examined over the course of two days in relation to the damages suffered by PCP in connection with the
The Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has authorised the acquisition of UBI Banca S.p.A. by Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. (ISP) after an in-depth phase II investigation. As part of its assessment, the ICA analysed the degree of competition at the local level in a number of markets, and applied strict screening criteria to identify a large number
