About

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Our Competition and Regulation group is widely regarded as market-leading, and is the largest dedicated group of its kind in Ireland. The group consistently features in the highest tier of competition advisers in the top legal directories. We are a diverse and experienced group of specialists, with many of the group having previously worked in major international competition practices in both London and Brussels.


We adopt a pragmatic and commercial approach to competition and regulatory issues, and we are proactive in flagging and addressing new and novel issues to clients in good time. The success and growth of the group is built upon the consistent delivery of objectively good outcomes for clients in the most complex competition and regulatory cases.


The group has acted on the majority of the recent complex (Phase 2) Irish merger reviews. On behavioural competition matters, we are the only Irish practice to have advised on all of the recent high-profile competition investigations by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). We are also advising on the most complex competition litigation matter currently before the Irish courts.


We provide expert legal advice on all aspects of EU Law, Competition and Regulatory matters, including merger control, cartel investigations, competition law compliance, dominance, State aid, competition litigation, public procurement and sectoral regulation.

Chambers Review

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Competition/European Law - Ireland

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Matheson is respected for its broad competition law practice that covers complex merger control filings and high-profile damages actions. The team has additional experience in foreign direct investment and foreign subsidy regulation matters. The law firm also assists clients with state aid mandates and advises on the competition law compliance aspects of commercial agreements. It acts for clients from the financial services, TMT, pharmaceutical and transportation sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • Matheson acted as the lead antitrust and corporate advisors to Smurfit Kappa on its USD11.1 billion acquisition of Westrock.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Niall Collins
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Niall Collins
1
Band 1

Niall Collins remains one of the most highly sought-after individuals on the Irish market for advice on merger control, FDI and FSR filings. He also represents clients in high-profile damages actions and assists them with competition law compliance queries.

Niall Collins is always on the ball. He is a strong thinker and very dynamic.

He is an excellent lawyer, who is very commercial and responsive and has a great team.

Niall Collins' strength is his people skills. He is obviously a really good lawyer, who is straightforward to deal with and picks up on things really quickly. We feel like we are in safe hands.

Niall Collins is an excellent operator with a strong commitment to his clients.

Niall Collins provides excellent support with the reassurance that the clients come first.

Kate McKenna
2
Kate McKenna
2
Band 2

Kate McKenna advises clients on market inquiries, phase II merger investigations and high-profile damages actions. She also has experience in the competition law compliance of commercial agreements. She often acts for clients from the technology and financial services sectors.

Kate McKenna offers an excellent service level and legal knowledge.

Kate McKenna is absolutely excellent.

Calum Warren
U
Calum Warren
U
Up and Coming

Calum is actively involved on a broad range of competition and regulatory advisory work in the Irish market. He provides merger control and FDI filing support for clients, including in phase II proceedings. He also provides regulatory and compliance support for his notable clients in the technology and financial services space.

He provides practical, succinct legal advice which takes into account commercial realities.

Calum Warren is an excellent lawyer with great international experience. He is very responsive and knowledgeable on emerging areas of EU law.

He is a go-to person for very complex antitrust regulatory investigations.

Calum Warren is excellent to work with.

He is very pragmatic, commercial, clear and works very hard to get the best for his clients.

Ranked Lawyers at
Matheson LLP

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Competition/European Law

Niall Collins
1
Niall Collins
1
Band 1
Kate McKenna
2
Kate McKenna
2
Band 2
Calum Warren
U
Calum Warren
U
Up and Coming

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