Antitrust and Competition
The centre of gravity in antitrust law has shifted with the globalisation of regulation and enforcement.
In this environment, many of the world's leading companies are turning to Allen & Overy as their preferred competition counsel on their global antitrust policies, litigation and regulatory strategies. Our clients include many of the world’s leading corporations and financial institutions.
We have over 100 specialists working collaboratively across four global regions – Asia, Australia, Europe and North America – one of the largest Competition teams among the major international law firms. As such we combine the efficiency of a global footprint with local depth of expertise.
A single team with an international focus and creative thinking, we provide an expansive range of services and regularly represent our clients on merger control, cartel and abuse of dominance/monopolisation, antitrust disputes including judicial review and private damages, compliance and counselling, sector regulation and market investigations, public procurement and competitive tendering, and state aid.
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Publications: 07 APRIL 2021
Covid-19 triggers rapid shifts in private M&A tactics
From standstill to strong recovery, Covid-19 created a year of two halves for transactions in 2020, forcing buyers and sellers to adjust their tactics in the private M&A market.
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Publications: 07 APRIL 2021
Antitrust authorities stay tough in a difficult M&A market
Antitrust authorities remained highly active in 2020, despite the pandemic reducing overall global M&A, according to our latest annual survey of global merger control enforcement trends across 26…
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Publications: 26 MARCH 2021
Antitrust in focus - March 2021
This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business.
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News: 04 MARCH 2021
Global antitrust authorities maintain merger control focus in 2020 despite pandemic
Allen & Overy’s latest Global Trends in Merger Control Enforcement report, launched today, reveals that antitrust authorities continued to frustrate deals at a significant level in 2020 with 29…
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Awards & accolades
Recognition
..top-10-level work in mergers, cartels and litigation, as well as some of the best showings in non-cartel conduct matters and other competition work
Global Competition Review 2019
Depth of expertise and skill, particularly for international companies operating in multiple jurisdictions.
Chambers Global 2018 (Competition/Antitrust)
Has a solid network, so their approach to cross-border matters is very strong.
Chambers Global 2018 (Competition/Antitrust)
Allen & Overy pound-for-pound has one of the most highly acclaimed competition practices in the world.
Global Competition Review 2016
The firm is an outstanding adviser on competition law matters, with a combination of high-quality expertise and availability in all circumstances.
Client feedback, Chambers Global 2016
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