Practice
Our expertise includes:
- advising clients in assessing the legitimacy of a wide range of activities (including those carried out at the association level) and business initiatives (such as concluding distribution, cooperative and R&D agreements; etc.);
- representing foreign multinationals in complex proceedings before both national and EU competition authorities concerning agreements between undertakings, abuses of dominant position and merger control matters;
- assisting clients in unfair commercial practices and abuses of economic dependence;
- assisting clients in merger projects, considering the existence of any notification requirements (in Italy/in other EU and non-EU states) and, where necessary, handling merger control filing to the European Commission and national competition authorities, as well as assisting companies in the possible negotiation of behavioural/structural commitments;
- assisting clients in litigation aspects of antitrust law before Italian (public and civil law) and EU courts, with reference to follow-on e stand-alone actions for damages arising from anticompetitive conduct, including class actions.
At LCA, we understand the importance of prevention. As such, our legal experts also advise in the preparation of specific antitrust compliance programs and internal audits of companies, to ensure that the company’s commercial conduct is fully compliant with antitrust law.
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Ranked for Competition Law
Ranked for Competition Law
