All businesses need to consider whether any of their agreements or activities could be anti-competitive from a legal point of view.  Competition law applies not only to mergers, state aid and public procurement but also to many day to day business contracts and relationships.  This has become particularly important in recent years owing to the increase in on-line retail.

Our experienced team can help you to protect your distribution channels whilst ensuring that you do not infringe UK or EU competition law.

Issues we advise on include:

  • anti-competitive agreements and practices (e.g. price fixing, restrictive agreements, predatory pricing, cartels);
  • use of the block exemptions;
  • abuse of a dominant market position;
  • restrictive covenants and restraint of trade;
  • merger control;
  • discount policies and distribution policies.