Oxera is pleased to note that the Italian Competition Authority has accepted the legal and economic arguments put forward by Kedrion and Grifols regarding their joint bid for the collection of donated blood and the manufacture and supply of plasma-based drugs to Italy’s National Health Services. Pascale Déchamps, Partner, and Roberto Alimonti, Senior Consultant, advised
On 13 January 2019, Sole 24 Ore, a major Italian daily newspaper specialising in business and economic news, published an article about the impact of a government nationalisation proposal in the Italian water sector. The article describes how regulatory intervention has contributed to growth in investment levels over the last five years, and presents a
Nicole Robins, Partner and head of Oxera’s State Aid practice, was invited to be a guest editor of a special edition of the European State Aid Law Quarterly journal focused on Ex Post Monitoring and Evaluation. Nicole wrote the foreword: Ex Post State Aid Analysis: First Impressions, describing the increasing focus on ex post control
Oxera is delighted to announce that the Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti (Italian Transport Regulation Authority) has appointed Andrew Meaney, Partner and head of Oxera’s Transport team, Dr Leonardo Mautino, Partner and head of Oxera’s Regulation team, and Dr Srini Parthasarathy, Principal and joint head of Oxera’s Efficiency practice, as their expert economics and finance
A recent electricity price control dispute in the small island of Sark in the English Channel captured the imagination of the media, with outlets such as BBC, ITV, The Guardian, and CNN speculating that the island would have to be evacuated due to an electricity blackout.
Oxera advises Post Office on Payzone UK acquisition for over-the-counter payment of bills system. Case provides insight into merger assessment in two-sided markets.
Oxera, in collaboration with Dr Eva Deuchert of Netze BW, will be publishing a series of articles in ew – Magazin für die Energiewirtschaft on Bundesnetzagentur’s current benchmarking procedure for assessing the efficiency of energy networks. Building on insights gained from working on energy issues in Germany, as well as similar issues in several other
Dr Srini Parthasarathy is invited to participate in an expert panel on the use of benchmarking in regulation at the 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Analytics Management, to be held between 28 November and 1 December 2018 in Beirut. The panel will include Tone Madsen, Head of Danish Water Regulatory Authority, Tore Langset, Head of
Today, Mr Justice Marcus Smith, a High Court judge, has awarded damages to BritNed in the first cartel damages case to reach judgment in the UK. BritNed was found to have paid a higher price for a submarine cable system as a result of a power cables cartel in operation between 1999 and 2009. Oxera’s
