Osborne Clarke LLP's competition, antitrust and trade team has a particular focus on tech, retail and life sciences, handling the full gamut of matters, from merger control and compliance to investigations and state aid. Simon Neill leads the UK competition practice and is co-head of the international competition practice.
Testimonials
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‘We've worked with the Osborne Clarke competition team since 2018. They have a great, methodical approach to analysing situation and context, identifying potential issues, and they have great network of competition law professionals to work on finding solutions.’
‘Simon Neill was great at assembling the right team at short notice and provided the right insights, helping to put the project on the right path from the beginning.'
'Joachim Piotrowski is attentive to details, and able to provide convincing reasoning, justifying proposed approach or solutions.’
"They were able to provide great advice and guidance - no question the most positive result we could have achieved. Osborne Clarke were the right firm for us.'
'Katherine Kirrage was our main contact - she was always available and supportive.'
'Down to earth, efficient and good value.'
Key clients
- Yahoo
- The Publishers Association
- Grifols S.A
- Next Fifteen Communications Group plc
- Caldwell Manufacturing
- Tenzing Private Equity
- The British Land Company plc
- Danone Group
- Compass Group PLC
- RM plc
Work highlights
- Advising Yahoo on the strategy for engaging with both the CMA and the European Commission to influence the shaping of this new area of regulation.
- Advising the Publishers’ Association (PA), which represents all the major UK publishing houses, on strategic competition law matters.
- Advising of the Grifols Group across a number of jurisdictions worldwide.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Simon Neill