25.07.2018 Other Voices: Investors and managers can be held liable for the anticompetitive practices of portfolio companies
By: Mélanie Thill-Tayara, Laurence Bary, Dechert LLP

The General Court of the European Union recently held, in Goldman Sachs v. Commission, that purely financial investors such as investment funds may be held jointly and severally liable for competition law violations implemented by their portfolio companies when they can exercise "decisive influence" over the company, irrespective o

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