Competition Law: Year in Review

What do recent competition law developments mean for your business? Our Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment team reviews the most important cases, enforcement trends and regulatory shifts of 2025, with a focus on the implications for companies operating in Ireland.

In our Review, we explore:

• What increased merger activity and Phase II investigations signal for deal planning and timelines

• How the CCPC’s continued preference for structural remedies is shaping transaction outcomes

• Key enforcement actions, including dawn raids and criminal convictions, and what they tell us about regulatory priorities

• Forthcoming changes to the media merger regime

• Organisational developments within the CCPC, and

• The issues and risks businesses should be preparing for in 2026

Our Review is available as a PDF and is designed for easy internal sharing across legal, compliance and leadership teams.

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For more information and expert advice, please contact a member of our Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment team.

The content of this Review is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal or other advice.