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Antitrust and Competition

Overview

In the face of global consolidation, advances in technology, and the development of innovative business models, competition regulators worldwide are increasing their scrutiny of potential anticompetitive activity and transactions that may raise competition concerns. Since the UK’s exit from the EU, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken a more significant place on the global regulatory stage. Companies are facing challenges resulting from the increasing number of parallel reviews by the CMA and the European Commission and the start of some divergence between UK and EU competition law. At the same time, the CMA is also looking more carefully at all types of arrangements and less easily accepting arguments that they are pro-competitive.

Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP can help. Our London-based lawyers advise clients from a wide variety of industries on all aspects of UK and EU competition law. We have particular experience in the application of competition law in relation to technology, media, telecoms, financial services, energy, infrastructure and sustainability, and industrial and consumer goods.

We advise clients on matters before the CMA and UK sectoral regulators, as well as competition agencies in jurisdictions across Europe and the world. In particular, we work closely with colleagues in Crowell’s Brussels and US offices to help clients obtain merger and foreign direct investment approval decisions; respond to investigations involving alleged cartel and abuse of dominance; put in place effective commercial, distribution, and licensing arrangements; and manage competition law risk more generally.

We also assist clients in conducting and responding to market studies and market investigation references and in litigation heard before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and the High Court.

Most importantly, we partner flexibly with our clients and work with them to ensure that they are able to achieve their commercial goals, whilst remaining in compliance with an increasingly complex set of competition law rules.

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