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A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement Group is widely recognised as the leading and most experienced team in its field in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Consistently involved in most of Ireland's leading competition and procurement cases, it is the largest team, among all Irish law firms, dedicated to practising full-time in this area.
It is ranked one of the top 100 competition law practices worldwide by Global Competition Review. The team are at the forefront of EU, competition and procurement law practice in Ireland and are renowned for their unique experience, expertise, depth of knowledge and contributions to leading publications. Our experts have written two of the leading books on EU/Irish competition law and the leading textbook on EU shipping law.

We specialise in the following areas:

  • Competition / Anti-trust Law​Merger Control
  • Public Procurement Law
  • State Aid
  • EU Law
  • Brexit v Britremain in the EU
  • Competition Compliance
  • EU Shipping Law

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What the Team is Known For

A&L Goodbody remains one of the leading law firms in Ireland for competition law matters. The team offers particular strength in merger clearance notifications before the CCPC, including phase II proceedings. In addition, it represents clients in behavioural investigations and high-profile damages litigation. Team members offer further expertise in state aid issues and compliance with broader European Union regulations, as well as assisting clients with public procurement mandates. It is a popular choice with clients from the technology, transportation and energy industries, as well as with public sector clients.

Work Highlights

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  • A&L Goodbody represented Dublin Airport Authority on the proposed purchase of a car park near Dublin Airport, including representation on hearing before the CCPC and phase II investigations.

Strengths

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The team provides up-to-date, accurate, practical and effective advice and the responses are always very quick.

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The team is extremely commercially aware.

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A&L Goodbody's strengths include its understanding of the energy markets in Ireland as well as a comprehensive range and depth of both experience and expertise in competition law.

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Notable Practitioners

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Alan McCarthy
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Alan McCarthy
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Alan McCarthy is one of the top lawyers in Ireland for both stand-alone and follow-on competition litigation, as well as representing clients in behavioural investigations. In addition to his contentious practice, Alan McCarthy often advises clients on competition law approval for proposed mergers and joint ventures.

Alan McCarthy's reputation goes ahead of him. He is very well known on the Irish competition scene as one of the most experienced and wise partners.

Alan McCarthy is always excellent to deal with.

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Vincent Power
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Vincent Power
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Vincent Power stands out for his ability to handle high-profile merger clearance matters, including phase II investigations. He also assists clients with contentious state aid mandates and compliance with European Union regulations.

Vincent Power has a broad knowledge from a European competition law perspective.

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Anna-Marie Curran
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Anna-Marie Curran
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Anna-Marie Curran advises clients on behavioural investigations, merger control filings and state aid law matters. She also assists with compliance with competition and EU legislation, particularly in the technology sector. She is also noted for her work on public procurement.

I find her to be very knowledgeable and incredibly hardworking. She makes an effort to understand our expected outcome and gives a realistic assessment of its legality.

She is very commercial in understanding business outcomes and guiding us towards them.

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Alan McCarthy
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Alan McCarthy
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Vincent Power
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Vincent Power
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Anna-Marie Curran
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Anna-Marie Curran
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Members

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