Overview

Based in our Brussels office, McDermott’s EU Competition team provides end-to-end antitrust and competition representation before the European Commission, other EU institutions and the various national competition authorities.

Our multilingual, multinational team of competition lawyers counsels clients on the entire spectrum of competition issues, including:

• Merger clearance, including structuring and presenting transactions, managing notification processes for multinational transactions, and developing timely, cost-effective strategies for obtaining regulatory clearance
• Cartels, including providing coordinated advice in the EU, United States and elsewhere to defend international cartel investigations and prosecutions
• Horizontal and vertical agreements, including advising on joint research and development, standardization, and supply and distribution agreements
• Abuse of dominance, including defense of companies against regulatory allegations and private complaints of infringement, and pursuing redress on behalf of clients victimized by dominant competitors and suppliers
• State aid, including analyzing the legal situation and drafting documents
• Compliance, including performing competition law compliance audits and helping clients address related regulations involving commercial bribery, data protection, privacy, trade and intellectual property
• Competition litigation, including providing sophisticated defense of clients in national and EU courts in class actions and multi-jurisdictional proceedings.

Our clients include many of the premier international enterprises whose products are major household names, as well as many of the world’s top manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and service providers. We have firsthand experience and a deep understanding of the industries in which our clients operate, including life sciences, chemicals, energy, food and beverages, manufacturing, technology and networks.