Brian also represents companies in competition cases
before national competition authorities including in the UK, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic and Ireland.
Not exact matches
In the area of merger control, Brian regularly represents parties seeking to obtain approval for complex transactions
before either the European Commission or
national competition authorities.
We advise both complainants and defendants, which regularly involves proceedings
before the European Commission and
national competition authorities and courts, as well as in civil conduct investigations
before the US antitrust
authorities and courts.
the opening by the Commission of a proceeding against a cartel under Chapter III of Regulation No 1/2003 does not, pursuant to Article 11 (6) of Regulation No 1/2003, read in combination with Article 3 (1) of the same regulation, cause the
competition authority of the Member State concerned to lose its power, by the application of
national competition law, to penalise the anti-competitive effects produced by that cartel in the territory of the said Member State during periods
before the accession of the latter to the Union.
What happens to the allocation of respective competences of the Commission and
national competition authorities in if an international cartel is implemented both in the EU and the Czech Republic
before accession to the EU but action is taken after accession?
These rules are relevant in circumstances where a party is or may be investigated by the Commission, or indeed any
national competition enforcement
authority exercising powers on behalf of the Commission, and in subsequent litigation
before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The Damages Directive, which was implemented in the United Kingdom in March 2017, provides that final decisions of
national competition authorities (or review courts) in other member states may be presented
before national courts as at least prima facie evidence that an infringement of
competition law has occurred.