Competition Law

About

Provided by Shoosmiths LLP

Our experienced team of specialist competition lawyers advises domestic and international clients from its UK and Brussels offices.​

We provide clear, commercially astute and pragmatic advice on all aspects of competition law across a wide range of industry sectors. We have significant experience in relation to:

Advisory and compliance issues, with strong credentials in sectors including automotive, media and retail,• 

Competition and EU law in relation to data and technology 

Competition law relating to local markets, such as retail mergers

Competition litigation, in particular concerning claims 

The UK/EU interface, relating to competition law and overlapping topics such as data, technology and vertical agreements 

Trade law, including its overlap with competition law, subsidies and State aid 

National Security transaction filings, both for UK mergers and similar regimes in the EU and elsewhere.

Competition investigations 

Competition law – advisory & compliance

Competition litigation

Dawn raid support

Merger control

Shoosmiths is regularly one of the top three M&A law firms measured by deal volume and so in relation to M&A activity, joint ventures and co-operation agreements we have considerable experience in guiding clients through the merger control process, in the UK, the EU and elsewhere.