Antitrust & Competition

Our Antitrust & Competition Practice Group provides the solutions demanded by today’s rapidly evolving, globalized marketplace. We consistently advise the world’s leading companies on innovative ways to pilot through the shifting landscape of complex merger control, cartel defense, investigations and competition litigation across jurisdictions and industries. You can expect practical, hands-on guidance as we assist you in confronting and resolving competition issues that may arise.

Strategic Counsel in a Shifting Regulatory Landscape

With regulatory scrutiny intensifying worldwide, our global team helps clients anticipate, manage and resolve competition law risks with clarity and confidence. The wealth of knowledge and experience across our international group is shared among our team. This ensures the advice we offer reflects any changes in policy at both the national and international level. From navigating cross-border merger reviews to defending clients in cartel investigations, we deliver practical, results-driven counsel.

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• Mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations – We guide clients through complex merger clearances processes across the US, EU, UK, Asia, Latin America and other key jurisdictions. We develop tailored filing strategies, manage regulator engagement and coordinate local counsel to secure timely and efficient approvals.
• International cartels and internal investigations – Our team defends corporations and executives in global cartel investigations led by the Department of Justice (DOJ), European Commission (EC), UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and other competition authorities. We conduct sensitive internal reviews, prepare leniency applications and manage multi-agency inquiries to protect businesses and reputations.
• Litigation, dispute resolution and class action defense – We represent clients in bet-the-company antitrust litigations, from private damages claims to multi-district class action cases. Our litigators bring deep experience in defending monopolization, price-fixing and market allocation claims in both the US and international tribunals.
• EU and UK state aid and procurement – Our team provides comprehensive guidance to clients tackling the complexities of the EU state aid and public procurement laws. Under these highly regulated areas, our team has extensive experience in state aid and compliance risk management, public procurement advice and providing merger and market conduct advice.
• Compliance counseling, training and risk audits – We design and implement forward-looking antitrust compliance programs tailored to industry-specific needs. From global distribution policies to internal audits and executive training, our team will work with clients to help identify, assess and correct business practices that leave them exposed to potential criminal or civil liability.