
Competition law remains high on the corporate agenda, emphasised by the ongoing global crack-down on cartels and the increased role of state subsidies during the financial crisis. We understand these priorities, and take a proactive approach to addressing our clients’ competition and regulatory compliance needs.
We have excellent relations with EU and national competition authorities, with members of our team having acted as non-governmental advisers to national and international competition bodies. Our strong media contacts also enable us to manage successful communications strategies
Our team, located across London, Brussels and Moscow, includes leading practitioners with years of experience advising on the most complex transactions and cases at EU and national level. Global Competition Review Top 100 has named us “one of the world’s leading competition practices”.
Our areas of expertise include merger control; cartel investigations; abuse of market power; EU single market issues; sectoral regulation; market investigations and sectoral inquiries; licensing, distribution and other commercial agreements; State aids; and public procurement.
Our EU and competition team advises a wide range of clients in several market sectors including Energy, Real Estate, Retail, Transport, and Technology, Media & Telecoms.
If you need help with a legal or business issue, please contact our team.
Law Firm of the Year 2010 (The Lawyer). Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP is a premier, full-service law firm headquartered in the City of London. We offer pragmatic, commercial legal advice that helps major public and private companies, financial institutions, public sector bodies and private clients to achieve their goals. Our service extends to over 65 jurisdictions, with offices in Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Moscow (Goltsblat BLP), Paris and Singapore.

