Competition

Merger control

Advising one of the UK's largest health and social care providers on its acquisition of a significant portfolio of care homes from another leading provider in the first sector consolidation in over five years and successfully obtaining UK merger clearance.

Advising a public financial services company on its public takeover of a European asset management company and successfully obtaining UK merger clearance.

Advising one of the world's largest hotel managers and franchisors on its acquisition of another leading hotel manager and franchisor and successfully obtaining EU merger clearance as well as merger clearance across numerous jurisdictions including the US, China and Turkey.

Advising a UK based private equity firm on the merger control aspects of the sale of the largest cinema chain in Europe.

Regularly advising one of the world's largest private equity investors on all merger control aspects across the full suite of corporate acquisitions, including minority acquisitions, acquisitions, joint ventures and mergers, including securing Phase I EU merger clearances for various commercial real estate acquisitions across the EU.

Transaction structuring

Advising international private equity acquirers on transaction structuring options around UK and EU merger control for various corporate acquisitions in early stage negotiations and in auction situations and across a range of sectors including, commercial real estate, recreation and leisure sectors.

Cartels

Defending a global corporation in the financial services industry in relation to the European Commission's investigations into LIBOR and EURIBOR.

Abuse of market power

Advising a European grocery supplier on an allegation of an abuse of a dominant position under EU and UK law, including preparing arguments for mediation.

Commercial agreements

Advising clients on a range of antitrust issues arising in commercial agreements across retail, pharmaceutical, insurance and commodities exchange industries, including non-competes, exclusive and selective distribution and joint purchasing.

Compliance

Developing and presenting bespoke competition compliance policies, guidelines and training sessions for clients across various sectors including, professional services, financial services, legal research services, retail and health insurance.

Regulatory

Advising a UK water and sewerage company on Ofwat's price control determination for PR14 including, preparing responses to Ofwat's draft and final determinations and securing a successful outcome for purposes of the final determination.

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Hotels and leisure

Merger control

Advising one of the world's largest hotel managers and franchisors on its acquisition of another leading hotel manager and franchisor and successfully obtaining EU merger clearance as well as merger clearance across numerous jurisdictions including the US, China and Turkey.

Advising one of the UK's largest bookmakers on its merger with another leading bookmaker and obtaining UK Phase II merger clearance.

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Professional services

Products and services

Advising one of the world's largest professional services firms on competition issues arising with the launch of new products and services to the market.

Competition compliance

Preparing, rolling out and delivering for a professional services firm multiple compliance training sessions across business divisions on information exchange and horizontal and vertical collaboration agreements.

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Oil and gas

Multi-jurisdictional merger control

Advising a global engineering conglomerate on its sale to one of the largest UK oil and gas engineers and securing Phase I EU merger clearance as well as merger clearance across numerous other jurisdictions including the US, Canada, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Turkey and Ukraine.

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Healthcare

Merger control

Advising one of the UK's leading providers of health and social care on its acquisition of a significant portfolio of care homes from another leading provider and obtaining Phase I UK merger clearance.

Competition advice for business arrangements

Advising a private investment firm with various interests in the UK healthcare sector on competition law risks around information exchange, information barriers, clean teams and joint ventures in respect of various business arrangements.

Retail and luxury goods

Dominance

Advising a European grocery supplier on an allegation of an abuse of a dominant position under EU and UK law, including preparing arguments for mediation.

Commercial agreements

Advising various companies across a range of industries on commercial arrangements including a European grocery supplier and a specialised insurance provider on non-compete arrangements.

Compliance

Advising a multinational retailer on competition and compliance issues, including preparing competition and compliance guidelines for the business.

Funds and financial services

Merger control

Securing a Phase I EU merger clearance for a joint venture acquisition by one of the world's leading multinational finance companies together with a multinational private equity, alternative asset management and financial services firm of a financial services technology company.

Cartels

Defending a global corporation in the financial services industry in relation to the European Commission's investigations into LIBOR and EURIBOR.

Competition compliance

Preparing, rolling out and delivering for a multinational financial services corporation a strategic management of competition law compliance programme as well as advising on competition compliance for the roll out of new financial products and services.

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