With an unmatched record for achieving results, McCann FitzGerald’s Competition, Regulated Markets & EU Law Group is widely recognised as being at the forefront of this practice area in Ireland
Overview
McCann FitzGerald’s Competition, Regulated Markets & EU Law Group provides comprehensive experience and wide-ranging expertise in merger clearance, 'dominant firm' issues, cartel defence, State aid and sector regulation, as well as in other areas of EU law (including free movement, public procurement and customs law).
Expertise
First established over 30 years ago, our Group is the most experienced and established team practising in this field in Ireland.
Uniquely among the major Irish firms, the Group operates across our Brussels and Dublin offices, providing an exceptionally deep EU and Irish law capability.
We are the only Irish practice group to include lawyers with previous, high-level public enforcement experience at the Competition Authority.
The Group has pioneered the use of competitive effects analysis and economic evidence and testimony in Irish merger control and in competition law enforcement cases.
Our record of precedent-setting 'wins', both in merger control and in contentious competition law cases (including in litigation before the Irish Supreme Court and the European Courts), is second to none.
We act for major multinational companies, State-owned operators, regulated utilities, small and medium enterprises, trade and representative associations, as well as regulatory bodies, such as the European Commission, the Commission for Communications Regulation and Government departments, such as the Department for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
Directory Comments
"This firm's diverse competition practice encompasses regulatory advice, state aid and litigation as well as more traditional areas of work such as cartel investigations". "It is a blue-chip firm that commands a lot of respect in the market," enthuse sources. "All members of the team go through the brief in a forensic manner and provided tailored solutions". Chambers, 2011
Damian Collins, who splits his time between the Brussels and Dublin offices, is "an absolute expert on EU issues", and Philip Andrews has a "great ability to apply his skills to the wider range of regulatory matters". The Legal 500, 2011
McCann FitzGerald has a reputation for being strong academically, but the practice is also extremely commercial,"... a full-time partner in Brussels, "undoubtedly a great strength." Chambers, 2010