The ongoing energy crisis exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war has resulted in many governments and the EU introducing a levy on the allegedly windfall energy profits in an attempt to regain control over soaring prices. There’s only one problem: it probably won’t work

Like almost everything else over the past 18 months, the review procedures for merger control have been subject to change in order to adapt to the ongoing health crisis. Rebecca Farrington and Axel Schulz, Partners at White & Case, discuss ‘killer acquisitions’ and the issues surrounding planned mergers falling foul of competition law