Antitrust, Competition & Trade
We are one of the largest specialist competition and trade teams in the world advising across the full range of UK & EU antitrust, competition and trade matters.
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Based across London, Edinburgh and Brussels, we integrate seamlessly into the wider CMS Antitrust, Competition and Trade (ACT) group, one of the largest specialist competition and trade teams in the world. More than 225 CMS experts advise clients in more than 40 countries worldwide on all ACT matters.
We advise businesses and their boards on all aspects of merger control, competition and regulatory investigations, market studies and compliance. We also advise extensively in the related areas of foreign direct investment controls, including the National Security and Investment Act, UK subsidy control, EU state aid, digital and sectoral regulation and public procurement.
We have renowned sectoral experience, including in technology, media and communications, life sciences and healthcare, consumer products/FMCG and retail, energy and infrastructure, automotive and real estate among other sectors.
Our size and very wide footprint enable us to handle all ACT matters irrespective of geographic dimension. Where necessary we cooperate with long established contacts from our wider network of law firms across the world.
We use the most up-to-date technical and AI tools to support our business.
We run frequent webinars and events on UK / EU competition developments and a renowned annual EU competition law conference which has become a feature in the Brussels calendar. We put out regular case law updates on UK, European and international competition and trade developments on our Law Now service. And our international group is steered, not just by a management committee of partners but also by an active associates’ group that keeps us innovating to serve clients.
| Competition law eLearning courseThe competition law team has designed this eLearning course to raise general awareness of the competition law rules, as well as reduce infringement risks. |
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See allFCA has published its final report which sets out its conclusions from the analysis of this market and a summary of what it has done to improve consumer outcomes under fair value rules. Overall, FCA found that the cost of paying for insurance monthly has fallen significantly since the Consumer Duty was introduced and concluded that, for both with-interest and 0% APR models, firms incur similar costs when offering monthly payments and can offer fair value. FCA states that price cap or a ban on with-interest models would not be proportionate, but notes that, where necessary, it will pursue stronger supervisory action to address concerns around the provision of fair value. Alongside the report, FCA has published an article by Graeme Reynolds on fair value (third link below).
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