Experience
Cases include advice to law firms and domestic and overseas companies and trade associations:
- on the establishment of trade associations and competition law compliance
- on whether merger filings are required (or recommended in UK) and on restrictive covenants in sale and purchase agreements
- to commodity trader on joint venture including cooperation and supply arrangements with producer
- to European manufacturer on issues arising under exclusive dealerships and selective distribution (competition and contract law, including termination)
- to companies (suppliers and distributors/agents – various sectors) on distribution (long term supply, exclusive and selective distribution, franchising, agency) under Vertical Restraints Block Exemption 330/2010 and Article 101 and 102 TFEU and UK Competition Act 1998
- to insurers and associations on agreements including co-insurance, information exchange, collection of statistics, agreements with brokers, wordings
- to entities in the air transport sector on competition issues including JV / merger / alliance activity and distribution and agency agreements
- to software provider on EU public procurement rules on tendering for contracts in the transport sector
- to EU based food exporter on EU regulatory and contractual issues in cross-border contracts
- successful pursuit of arbitration under distribution agreement against party bringing proceedings in breach of arbitration clause
- to continental European company on Brexit implications for UK branch