Competition/Anti-Trust Law: Experience

  • Dawn Raids – with a number of clients that have been the subject of dawn raids by the Irish competition agency (the CCPC), the European Commission and national regulators from other EU Member States.
  • Motor Insurance Investigation – clients in the CCPC's ongoing investigation into motor insurance in Ireland.
  • Private Competition Actions – Man Truck in the largest private competition law damages action ever in Ireland.
  • Novel Competition Solutions – Telefónica O2 Ireland in conceiving, structuring and executing Ireland's first ever network share agreement with eircom in relation to its Meteor mobile arm.
  • The Major Banks and Insurers – banks and insurers in acquisitions and competition law issues.
  • Cartel Immunity Applicants – clients who apply for immunity in relation to cartel investigations.
  • CCPC Mortgages Study – banks in relation to the CCPC mortgages study.
  • Competition Litigation in the High Court – Ladbrokes in its successful challenge in the High Court Irish in relation to merger control and competition law and a potential bidder for the Ladbrokes Ireland business (in examinership).
  • Regulatory Litigation in the High Court – Bord Gáis Éireann in competition and energy regulatory proceedings before the High Court.
  • Broadcasting Regulation – TV3 in relation to ongoing competition law and broadcasting regulatory matters.
  • Challenging Public Authorities – Panda in challenging successfully the Dublin Waste Management plan.
  • Liquidations - The Joint Special Liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) on the EU and Irish competition law aspects of the liquidations of IBRC and any merger control issues.