The competition team at Burness Paull LLP is extremely well regarded in the Scottish market, advising major clients across the spectrum of UK, EU and international competition law, with a particular strength in the fields of merger control and subsidy control practices. One of those heading the practice from Glasgow is Colin Miller, who has extensive experience in dawn raids, abuse of dominant position and cartel investigations, particularly in the transport, utilities and logistics sectors. Co-head Graeme Palmer is an EU procurement law specialist, regularly representing public sector clients on complex issues of compliance, shared services and collaboration, with director Ruth McNaught also building a solid reputation for advisory and contentious procurement work. The firm’s membership of Lex Mundi is another bonus for clients whose competition matters have a cross-border nature.

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Testimonials

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‘Strong all round competition counsel in Colin Miller.’
‘Particularly strong on how competition law impacts IP and commercial agreements.’
‘Extremely strong commercial IP expertise, they really understand the agreements on which they give competition advice.’

Key clients

Tesla
Independent Television News (ITN)
Elite Sports Group
Highland Spring
Scottish Enterprise
Electricite de France Renewables
Exact Sciences Corporation
Apax
Dunwoody Air Services
Heliworld

Work highlights

Acting for Elite in connection with the CMA investigation into an alleged price-fixing cartel under the Competition Act 1998, relating to an alleged anti-competitive agreement or concerted practice regarding the price at which Rangers-branded replica football kit was sold in the United Kingdom.
Providing competition law advice to Highland Spring in connection with its ongoing distribution arrangements to supermarkets and other major retail outlets in the UK. This involves advising on the extent to which its agreements benefit from automatic exemption from the competition rules and in particular the Verticals Regulation which exempts distribution agreements, provided they meet certain conditions.
Acting for The Carbon and Energy Fund Limited in connection with its procurement of an innovation partnership for the delivery of geothermal energy solutions in the form of warm water to a number of NHS Trust hospital sites in the UK.