Competition and Regulatory Law

Competition policy plays a very prominent role in today’s intensely competitive marketplaces.  Whether your business is consumer focussed, business to business, or manufacturing, national, multinational or global, competition law and regulation rules will have a significant impact upon your business structure. 

The Virtual Law Competition and Regulatory team has a broad national and international regulatory experience.  Their wealth of experience in UK and EU regulatory law includes advising public and private companies from a variety of industry sectors, as well as governments and regulatory bodies, private sector investors and operators across a range of regulated sectors (most notably the utilities, telecommunications and energy sectors). 

Our solicitors offer clear, focussed advice to private and public companies in relation to:

Competition Law

  • Creating and disseminating international trading terms and conditions
  • Impact of EU competition law on local and national businesses

Compliance

  • Preparation of UK and EU Competition and Regulatory Law compliance programmes;
  • Compliance audits and strategies
  • Legal impact of competition law amendments on business strategy
  • Pricing and marketing strategies for local and international products and services
  • Local and international distribution agreements
  • Countering infringements of regulatory compliance

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Foreign merger control filings with relevant regulatory bodies
  • Advising on competition and regulatory law impact and compliance associated with Joint Venture formation
  • Advising on competition law due diligence, warranties, guarantees and indemnities
  • Advising on non-solicitation clauses, confidentiality clauses and non-competes