Competition/European Law

About

Provided by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

The Competition & Antitrust team is internationally recognised and widely regarded as market-leading in its field in Ireland. We are centrally involved in the most complex merger cases before the CCPC and have established new precedent in Irish merger control law and on media mergers in particular.

We have significant expertise in competition law enforcement and advised on the CCPC’s recent investigations into the ticketing and insurance sectors. We are also at the forefront of competition litigation in Ireland.

This is an experienced team with diverse backgrounds. Many of our team have previously worked with leading US and Magic Circle Competition/Antitrust practices in New York, London and Brussels.

We frequently advise on:

• Irish and EU merger notifications to the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and the European Commission
• CCPC’s new power to ‘call in’ below-threshold mergers
• The Digital Markets Act and matters at the intersection of Competition law and Privacy
• Incoming Irish Foreign Direct Investment regime
• Cartel investigations, dawn raids and leniency applications
• Competitor collaborations, including joint ventures and consortia
• Competition compliance programmes and training
• EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation
• Competition law issues arising in the context of ESG and sustainability agreements
• State aid