We are consistently rated as one of the leading practices in this field, with a team of lawyers based in London, Paris and Brussels.

We provide advice on international and domestic competition related matters including merger clearances, behavioural investigations, regulatory matters, competition litigation and WTO and trade.

Amongst our clients are leading financial institutions, top Fortune and FTSE companies from a wide range of industries, regulatory bodies and national governments. They include names such as BSkyB, Coca-Cola, Chevron, WH Smith, Bank of Ireland and Stagecoach.


Recent work:

• First Choice on competition aspects of its merger with TUI AG’s tourism division
• New York Stock Exchange on the merger control issues of its high profile link up with Euronext
• Provident Financial on the National Consumer Council’s “super-complaint” before the Office of Fair Trading and the subsequent Competition Commission (CC) investigation into home credit
• Yell Group on the CC’s recently concluded market investigation into the provision of classified directory advertising in the UK
• Vodafone on its successful intervention in an appeal brought before the Competition Appeal Tribunal by Floe Telecom Limited
• British Aggregates Association on its appeal in the European Court of Justice against the Court of First Instance’s Judgment on the compatibility of the UK aggregates levy with EU state aid law
• The Federation of Tour Operators on the EU and international law aspects of its high profile challenge to the UK air passenger duty
  

Read more about our EU and competition work on the Herbert Smith website.