As regulators clamp down hard on anti-competitive practices the challenge for businesses across all sectors is to be fully compliant with the increasingly complex EU and UK competition and antitrust laws.
Our competition law solicitors will work closely with you to provide independent assurance that your day to day business practices and commercial transactions and agreements are enforceable and do not breach competition law.
We understand the stakes are high and the financial and reputational impact any breach will have on your company can be material.
We will help you identify and realistically assess the risks and then help you deal with those risks to achieve competition compliance in the most timely and cost-effective way possible.
Our approach is practical, commercial and tailored to your market. We help clients from a diverse range of industries from construction, chemical and energy providers to transport and retail.
We also offer bespoke training for senior personnel in all areas of competition compliance, corporate governance and dawn raid and document management.
Our experts advise on the full range of EU and UK competition law and antitrust issues including:
- drafting, negotiating and advice on agreements
- abuse of a dominant position
- complaints to competition authorities
- competition law compliance
- merger control advice
- application of public procurement legislation
- state aid legislation
Regulatory Investigations
Our specialist investigations team has been successfully defending high profile competition investigations, including those by the Office of Fair Trading and the European Commission, into price fixing and criminal cartel cases, for more than 20 years.
We know the regulators and how they work which gives us a strategic advantage. We are well qualified to robustly challenge their demands.
As external advisers we can guarantee that through ‘legal professional privilege’ you can consult freely with us without any of the communications being revealed to the regulators. This will enable us to conduct thorough enquiries and advise you in full.
From helping you manage the initial intervention and assess the legality of warrants to dealing with leniency applications and supervising interviews, if you are under investigation we will fight your case every step of the way to achieve the best possible outcome for you.
To arrange a discussion with a competition solicitor click here or call us on 0800 840 4929.
