About Competition Law
In competition, we know that detailing the law isn't enough. You need to be able to see things from a commercial perspective so you can protect the competitiveness of your or your clients' businesses.
Multi-jurisdictional merger control toolkit
Get maintained, up-to-date information on key jurisdictional and procedural issues for all merger control regimes around the world. Plus, Where to Notify, our calculator that carries out MJ merger assessments for you.
Multi-jurisdictional FDI toolkit
Regularly updated information on key jurisdictional and procedural issues for worldwide foreign direct investment (FDI) control regimes. Get summary grids, jurisdictional guides, and a news feed summarizing developments.
Merger decisions database
A database of published decisions. 30 filters like transaction type, industry and market definition, and substantive assessment. Plus decisions from key jurisdictions from 2007, and new jurisdictions constantly added.
Commercial perspective
In competition, we know that detailing the law isn't enough. You need to be able to see things from a commercial perspective so you can protect the competitiveness of your or your clients' businesses.
Topics We Cover
Latest Competition News
A round-up of EU competition law developments, including (amongst other things) the Commission publishes a Revised Code of Best Practices for conduct...
A round-up of EU competition law developments, including an AG opinion concerning a national reference from Portugal on interpretation of provisions...
This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the CMA issues an interim report in the Spreadex/Sporting...
A round-up of UK competition law developments, including the latest UK merger control developments....
A round-up of EU competition law developments, including (amongst other things) the latest EUMR developments....
Latest Competition Practice Notes
Austria behavioural investigations—closed cases trackerThis table summarises all completed investigations by Austria’s competition authority (the...
International merger control developments—May 2024This month has seen Parliament approve powers to call in below-threshold mergers in Denmark,...
The Competition Act 1998 (Vertical Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022Vertical agreements are prohibited by section 2(1) of the Competition Act...
MJ merger grid—procedureThe grid below summarises key procedural information according to local legislation for all merger control regimes in the...
MJ merger grid—jurisdictionThe grid below sets out the notification thresholds as according to local legislation for all merger control regimes in the...
Latest Competition Precedents
Competition law compliance—statement for meetingsTo be read aloud by the Chair at the beginning of any meeting/gathering where competitors are...
Competition law compliance—trade associations—guide for staffIndustry associations can serve useful, pro-competitive purposes, but the risk of...
Training materials—the Vertical Agreements Block Exemption and Distribution Agreements (EU)This Precedent presentation has been designed as a training...
Competition law concern report form (for internal use only)This form is for use if you have any concerns relating to competition law compliance. These...
Competition law compliance policy1Introduction1.1Competition benefits both businesses and consumers. It shows companies where they need to improve;...
Latest Competition Q&As
Featured Competition content
Multi-jurisdictional foreign direct investment (FDI) control grid
Multi-jurisdictional foreign direct investment (FDI) control gridThis grid summarises when foreign direct investment (FDI) filings may be required in...
Market definition and analysis in EU and UK competition law
Market definition and analysis in competition lawMarket definition is the starting point for most competition law assessments and plays a central and...
Laos merger control
Laos merger controlA conversation with David Fruitman, Regional Competition Counsel, and Kristy Newby, Country Managing Director, Lao PDR, at regional...
MJ merger grid—jurisdiction
MJ merger grid—jurisdictionThe grid below sets out the notification thresholds as according to local legislation for all merger control regimes in the...
Market sharing
Market sharingWhere competitors 'carve up' markets or customers, or limit access into a market they are in effect isolating their business from...
Penalties in UK competition cases
Penalties in UK competition casesThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and sectoral regulators with concurrent competition powers may impose...
Court of Justice appeals—ongoing cases tracker
Court of Justice appeals—ongoing cases trackerThe tables below lists competition appeal cases currently live (lodged or heard post 01/01/2012) before...
Article 102 TFEU—the prohibition on abuse of dominance
Article 102 TFEU—the prohibition on abuse of dominanceIn the EU, unilateral or ‘dominant’ firm conduct is governed by Article 102 TFEU. In particular,...
Clean team agreement
Clean team agreementThis AGREEMENT is made the [insert date] day of [insert month] [insert year]Parties1[Party 1] a company incorporated in [England...
EU phase II mergers—closed cases tracker
EU phase II mergers—closed cases trackerThe table lists all completed European Commission phase II merger investigations since 2000 as well as other...
Cases C- 48/22 P Google and Alphabet v Commission (Google Shopping)
Cases C- 48/22 P Google and Alphabet v Commission (Google Shopping)CASE HUBSee further, timeline.Case factsOutlineAppeal against the General Court's...
Chapter II prohibition
Chapter II prohibitionIn the UK, unilateral or ‘dominant’ firm conduct is governed by section 18 of the Competition Act 1998 (the Competition Act)....
Collective proceedings in the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Collective proceedings in the Competition Appeal TribunalSTOP PRESS: This PN has been affected by the CAT’s recent judgments in Justin Le Patourel v...
UK merger remedies—practice and policy
UK merger remedies—practice and policyUnder the Enterprise Act 2002, when investigating mergers, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has the...
Pre-merger information exchange and integration planning
Pre-merger information exchange and integration planningThe due diligence and negotiation of a merger will inevitably involve exchanges of information...
Hong Kong FDI control
Hong Kong FDI controlA conversation with Chin Yeoh, partner, at multinational law firm Ashurst, on key issues on foreign direct investment (FDI)...
Brazil merger control
Brazil merger controlA conversation with José Inacio F. de Almeida Prado Filho, partner, Luiz Galvão, senior associate, and Brenda Corrêa, associate,...
Associated legal terms
Efficiency defence
As EU and UK competition law have moved towards a more economics-orientated approach, undertakings suspected of engaging in potentially abusive conduct under Article 102 TFEU and/or section 18 of the Competition Act 1998 can present arguments for objective justification, including a so-called 'efficiency defence' that the efficiencies generated by the conduct outweigh the anti-competitive effects and should therefore be justified.
Horizontal merger
Transaction between firms supplying competing products/services.
Vertical or conglomerate effects (mergers)
These may arise mainly in non-horizontal mergers where the merger creates or strengthens the ability of the merged entity to exercise market power thereby reducing rivalry between firms.
CONTACT US
