- a client received a letter from the Office of Fair Trade (OFT)
alleging anti-competitive behaviour via price fixing. This is one
of the most serious offences. We reviewed the client’s
re-selling arrangements and considered market share file without
penalties. In addition, we developed a competition compliance
policy with our client and advised on staff training, definitions
and established whether they were dominant in their market. We
responded to the OFT letter, co-operating throughout the
investigation and achieved closure of the OFT
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- a major international telecommunications company when
responding to an extended OFT Competition Act investigation
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- the operator of a passenger train franchise in the UK on
competition aspects of regulated network access, commercial
agreements and procurement, competition compliance generally,
advice on the effect of the Enterprise Act and an OFT Competition
Act investigation
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- a well-known international publisher on sector dominance
issues
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- a distributor in dispute with a manufacturer supplier who
objected to its products being sold by a particular discount
retailer. The manufacturer had threatened to suspend supplies to
our client unless it stopped supplying the discount retailer. We
advised our client on legal rights before a meeting and drafted a
letter to the manufacturer. Full supplies to our client were
re-established who has continued to supply the discount
retailer
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- on the structuring of a worldwide development, an IP licensing
arrangement and the impact of EU law for a major manufacturer for
the pharmaceutical industry
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- a client on a joint venture company in salad growing with a
Spanish company. There was to be an exclusive agreement to supply
all of the salad grown to our client. We highlighted the
potential anti-competitive nature of the arrangements, and
established that a suitable EU exemption was available and advised
on the arrangements
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