Our experts provide comprehensive and strategic competition law advice at each stage of your growth journey, from routine queries to strategic projects.
The team will work with you to understand your long-term objectives and help you to develop a growth strategy that complies with competition law requirements. Whether your strategy is focused on organic growth, or growth through collaboration or M&A activity, the team engages with regulators from an early stage to foster relations and avoid unnecessary penalties or business interruption.
With substantial experience supporting household names, we also advise on brand protection strategies, including through selective and exclusive distribution agreements and differentiation of sales channels. Together with our commercial and IP colleagues, we protect your brand and reputation, preventing others from attempting to unfairly exploit it.
Trade and Consumer Law
Complimentary to the competition expertise, our team are well versed in trade and consumer law and regularly advise on changes to import and export restrictions, as well as other areas of trade and sanctions after the exit from the European Union, including divergence between UK and EU law.
Dawn Raids
With national coverage, we can provide comprehensive dawn raid support. Our experts can be mobilised quickly to provide wrap-around support in the event of a raid and will guide you through any subsequent investigations. We can also provide comprehensive training to in-house staff, preparing teams for the realities of a dawn raid.
Our areas of expertise
- Merger control for businesses considering an acquisitive strategy for growth;
- Pricing strategy, particularly in relation to online sales channels and price differentiation;
- Supply chain due diligence and green agreements;
- Consumer law queries, including in relation to online selling and CMA investigations into consumer law infringements;
- Competition and Consumer support on contracts;
- Competition Law and Subsidy Control advice in relation to procurement exercises; and
- General competition law queries.