The antitrust practice at Addleshaw Goddard is experienced in a range of competition services including market investigations, merger control, and expertise in financial services and payment systems. On the contentious side, the team’s expertise in competition litigation sees them advising a broad range of corporates on complex and high-value matters. Mark Molyneux – the firmwide disputes head – focuses on the team’s contentious competition workload. Key names to note in the firm’s Manchester office include Mark Crane, who was promoted to partner in May 2023, and advises on competition enforcement proceedings.
Testimonials
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- 'Mark Crane is a real up and comer. He's a real pleasure to work with and gets things done.’
‘AG has a really solid competition law practice, which always considers the business drivers, and gives clear, sensible and proportionate advice on what can be a tricky area for businesses which have large shares of markets.’
'Mark Crane is very responsive, calm, and pragmatic. I trust them implicitly, and have found that they are excellent at explaining competition law points to colleagues of mine in appropriate language. Readily available and very user-friendly.’
Key clients
- Allergan plc
- Ferryspeed (CI) Limited
- SSE Plc
- GIPHY Inc
- Road Haulage Association
- Openreach
- NKT A/S and NKT Verwaltungs GmbH (NKT)
- Co-Op
- Access to Cash
- Lidl
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mark Molyneux