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Illumina challenges EU swoop for Grail merger review in court

By Natalie McNelis
  • 29 Apr 2021 08:35
  • 31 May 2021 05:06

Illumina has lodged an appeal at the EU courts contesting the European Commission’s assertion of jurisdiction over its non-notifiable Grail deal, the company announced today (see here).

The appeal was lodged yesterday evening, and the company has asked for the expedited procedure, MLex has learned.*

The US gene-sequencing company is challenging the

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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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