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Comment: Dealmakers on notice as Illumina court loss bolsters EU regulator's stance on below-threshold referrals

Illumina may have been the first, but it likely won't be the last company caught by the EU merger regulator’s recent policy U-turn to welcome referrals from national regulators of deals that don’t otherwise meet its jurisdictional thresholds.

The European Commission's approach was roundly endorsed by the EU General Court toda

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Natalie McNelis

Senior Correspondent


Natalie McNelis covers mergers for MLex in Brussels. Before joining MLex in 2017, she spent 20 years as an international trade and competition lawyer in law firms including Stibbe and WilmerHale. Natalie has a BA in English from Mount Holyoke College, a JD from Harvard Law School and an LLM in EU law from KU Leuven. She is admitted to the bar in New York.

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