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Amazon’s bid to buy iRobot sent for in-depth EU review, with concerns added over data access

By Natalie McNelis
  • 06 Jul 2023 19:11
  • 06 Jul 2023 19:11
E-commerce giant Amazon’s bid to buy iRobot has been sent for an in-depth EU probe, according to an announcement by the EU regulator today (see here).
The European Commission said its initial investigation had raised concerns about harm to competition on the robot vacuum cleaner market, but also warned that

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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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