Introduction: Illumina’s acquisition of Grail blocked by the EU Commission  In a landmark decision on 6 September 2022, the Commission prohibited under the Merger Regulation the completed acquisition by Illumina, a U.S. company specializing in genomic sequencing, of Grail, a U.S. based start-up known for developing early cancer detection tests.

Introduction  Conventional drivers of economic growth became insufficient in the last couple of years to provide significant competitive advantages for companies that, in order to remain present in the relevant market, need to constantly meet demands for new or better prices at competitive prices. Amidst the fourth industrial revolution, the

Introduction  The importance of economy is grounded on the sole fact that many other spheres among the social and state order depend on its functioning, either directly or indirectly. For this reason, states express particular interest in the economy, which is widely reflected in the creation of normative conditions for

Introduction  Late last year, the Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition (hereinafter: the Commission) has presented official Guidelines for drafting competition compliance programs. To raise awareness about the need to become compliant, the Commission surprised us this year with the Model Program of Compliance with the regulations on the protection

The Foreign Trade Act specifies that a foreign legal entity can perform business-related activities in the Republic of Serbia as forms of foreign trade operations through direct investments and capital projects of a foreign person in Serbia, i.e. of a domestic person in another state or customs territory. Direct investment

Factoring – definition, main purpose, and types   Factoring can be defined as a legal undertaking, i.e., a financial service for the purchase of an existing non-mature claim or a future short-term monetary claim, the basis of which is the contract for the sale of goods or services, whether domestically