Any deal must be approved by British competition regulators.
This is the first time the court has overturned a ruling by European competition regulators.
This week competition regulators were preparing themselves for two possible mergers among those same big five companies.
That view was echoed, at least implicitly, by German competition regulators.
The Antitrust Division also works with competition regulators in other countries.
The fine was the biggest ever levied by the competition regulator.
Australia's competition regulator even filed a federal lawsuit against the company three weeks ago.
This in turn would draw the attention of global competition regulators.
Legal services is in a separate department from the competition regulators.
Perhaps a little too much - we could expect scrutiny from competition regulators if a deal was to go ahead.