Mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures

Competition law can have a serious impact on M&A transactions. Most significant deals call for complex, swift and high profile dialogue with competition regulators around the world.

You can rely on the expertise of our competition lawyers, based in Europe, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Kazakhstan and the Asia Pacific region, including Australia. They have a substantial track record in merger control, acting in major multi-jurisdictional cases, with a sound understanding of the complex legal and economic issues involved and familiarity with the relevant competition authorities and processes.

Major corporate and financial institution clients from sectors as diverse as aviation, rail, shipping, energy, infrastructure, communications and insurance place their trust in the ability of our broader transactional teams to understand their business. These teams include not only competition lawyers, but also our internationally recognised corporate finance team, as well as economists, financial advisers and public affairs consultants.

We offer you

• long experience of initial (phase 1) and in-depth (phase 2) merger investigations
• negotiation of undertakings or commitments – conditional clearance arrangements – with competition authorities where necessary to ensure the transaction’s clearance
• negotiation of consent agreements and of undertakings with foreign investment review authorities
• the resources and global research to undertake multi-jurisdictional filings
• the expertise to secure necessary approvals from sector regulators in utility transactions, alongside competition clearances