Antitrust, competition & trade
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Our full-service practice enables us to provide our clients with a holistic approach to mitigating competition and consumer law risk, as we observe competition authorities increasingly use their consumer law powers alongside competition enforcement powers as a toolkit approach.
We are strongly focused on the risks and opportunities arising from the UK’s exit from the EU, from the additional complexities for merger control and antitrust investigations, to changes to the UK’s subsidy control regime and development of the UK’s new independent trade policy.
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Our latest work
Our advisers act on domestic and international matters of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names in the market. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and industry sectors.
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Advised a Chinese private steel producer on acquiring a strategic minority stake in a Western Australian mining business through a competitive sale process. Delivered rapid valuation analysis, cross-border coordination and advice on Australia’s foreign investment approval regime, alongside negotiation strategy, addressing complex regulatory and commercial sensitivities for a multi-billion-dollar asset.
- Australia
- Corporate
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Advising a public utility company on procurement and civil law aspects of a public procurement procedure for the construction of a fibre-optic telecommunications network, including the use of public funding.
- Germany
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised a municipal commercial enterprise on strategic and public procurement law advice on the expansion of its business activities into new economic sectors.
- Germany
- Retail & Consumer
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Advised a private energy services provider with comprehensive advice on procurement, civil and municipal law aspects relating to the lease of municipal roof areas in Lower Saxony for the installation and operation of photovoltaic systems.
- Germany
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising a company in the healthcare sector in connection with arbitration proceedings with a private contractual partner regarding disputed rights and obligations under a back to back agreement concerning the supply and reprocessing of medical equipment as well as the provision of additional service offerings.
- Germany
- Technology, Science & Industry
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De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.
Representing a defendant in the Second Wave Trucks follow on damages claims before the CAT. These coordinated proceedings arise from the EU Commission’s infringement decision against truck manufacturers and form part of wider EU litigation across multiple jurisdictions. The UK claims are case managed together and are expected to conclude in a 12 week trial scheduled for autumn 2026.
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
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ElectraLink Limited
Acted for ElectraLink in the Competition Appeal Tribunal in defence of an interim injunction application brought by Perse on the basis of an alleged abuse of dominance by ElectraLink in ceasing to supply electricity consumption data in the context of a dispute over their contractual arrangements.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Metalfer Steel Mill doo Sremska Mitrovica
Advised Metalfer Steel Mil d.o.o., a Serbia based steel producer, on the alignment of national trade restrictive measures with the EU acquis, including advice on metal scrap export restrictions.
- Cross-border
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Bupa plc
Advised Bupa plc in connection with several acquisitions, including the acquisition of two hospitals in London, CRH in the private medical insurance sector which was notified to the CMA for phase 1 clearance, and liaising with the CMA in respect of the acquisition of a portfolio from Cigna, the London Medical healthcare clinics and the Dermatology Partnership.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised European energy coordination centre on procurement law in relation to European cooperation projects together with advice on the strategic realignment of the procurement system.
- Germany
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Show me all press releasesPinsent Masons advises Revera Energy
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Revera Energy (Revera), a global independent energy platform backed by global investment firm Carlyle, on all construction and optimisation aspects of the 400MW / 800MWh Hunterston BESS Project.
Pinsent Masons advises Avanton on major affordable housing partnership at THE BeCa, Old Kent Road
Pinsent Masons has advised Avanton on its partnership with Hyde in relation to 64 social rented homes at THE BeCa, Old Kent Road.
Pinsent Masons advises Erste Group Bank
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons advised Erste Group Bank and Erste Bank Polska on an investment loan granted to Eastnine, a company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
Andreas Haak
Partner, Global Head of Antitrust, Competition & Trade
