Competition Law & Antitrust

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Award-winning expertise

Our award-winning team of competition and antitrust lawyers advises on the full spectrum of competition and antitrust issues. This includes securing merger control clearances, attending dawn raids and supporting on competition law investigations, as well as providing commercially-focussed advice on competition law matters.

We also advise on foreign direct investment (FDI) matters and clearances, as well as subsidy control (UK) and State aid (EU).

We will work closely with you to understand your goals and provide you with the legal solutions you need to make key strategic decisions.

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How we can help

Our competition lawyers have extensive experience of providing clear advice without overcomplicating things - they understand clients need straightforward answers, not lengthy legal treatises.

Merger control and FDI advice

If you are planning a transaction, you will need to consider whether any merger control and/or FDI filings are required, and if so, how clearances will be secured. We understand the importance of identifying merger control and FDI issues as early as possible, and ensuring that clearance strategies are planned, agreed, and clearly addressed within the deal timetable.

Dawn raids and competition law investigations

Competition law advice

Competition law and IP

Competition litigation

Subsidy control and State aid

Recognition for antitrust and competition law expertise

"Gowling WLG's competition team advises across the full spectrum of UK and EU competition law, with particular strength in merger control, investigations, market studies, commercial agreements, competition-IP interface issues, litigation, and subsidy control. The team has also built significant expertise under the UK's National Security and Investment Act 2021"

Legal 500

Awards: "Competition Team of the Year" (The Lawyer Awards), "Litigation and Regulatory Team of the Year" (Legal Week), and "Litigation of the Year - Cartel Defence" (GCR).

Recommended: Samuel Beighton, Rhiannon Pugh, and James Stunt (Legal 500 - EU and competition law), and Bernardine Adkins (Best Lawyers, and Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers).