Competition and Monitoring Trustee Services
We combine traditional economics with M&A advisory and
investigative skills, forensic IT capability and deep industry
knowledge to provide robust, commercial and practical advice on a
wide range of competition issues.
Our experience includes assignments involving Anti-Trust and
Market Abuse investigations as well as Monitoring Trustee and
Divestiture Trustee appointments.
Our dedicated team of competition professionals bring experience
of assignments reporting to the:
- European Commission Directorate-General Competition
- UK Competition Commission
- UK Office of Fair Trading
- US Federal Trade Commission
- US Department of Justice
- Canadian Competition Bureau
We also have considerable experience in undertaking market
reviews and studies across a range of industries and in the
application of strategy and economics to issues facing the private
sector. Our experience in competition and regulatory support means
we can prepare submissions to regulatory authorities around market
power, market definitions, industry structure, cost of capital,
barriers to entry/exit and pricing policies. We also help clients
with the financial aspects of competition investigations, dawn
raids and assistance with claims for damages as a result of
infringements of competition law.
Our current and historic appointments include:
Monitoring Trustee
- Project Navy (Pharmaceuticals - Merger Control - EC*/CCB*)
- Project Thistle (Financial Services - State-Aid - EC)
- Project Violet (Life Sciences - Merger Control - EC/FTC*)
- Project Cobalt (Professional Services - Merger Control -
EC)
- Project Teal (Manufacturing - Merger Control) - EC
- Project Indigo (Transport - Merger Control - UK-CC*)
- BAA Airports (UK-CC)
- ALROSA/De Beers anti-trust case (COMP/38.381) (EC)
- APW/APSA/Nordic Capital/Capio (M.4367) (EC)
- Vivendi/Canal +/Seagram (M.2050) (EC)
- Reuters (M.4726) (EC/DoJ*/USDC for DC*)
- Reuters/Telerate Systems (M.3692) (EC)
- ABF / GBI Business (M.4980) (EC)
- Nordic Capital/ConvaTec (M.5190) (EC)
- Nufarm / A H Marks (UK-CC)
- Bucher Industries/Johnston Sweepers (UK-CC)
- Stericycle International LLC/Sterile Technologies Group Limited
(UK-CC)
- South East & Mid Kent Water (UK-CC
- English Welsh and Scottish Rail / Marcroft (UK-CC)
- Stagecoach Group plc / Eastbourne Buses Limited (UK-CC)
- Dräger Medical AG (UK-CC)
Independent Observer
- Torex / Cerberus (M.4763) (EC)
Divestiture Trustee
- English Welsh and Scottish Rail / Marcroft (UK-CC)
Advisory Services
- Financial analysis to support the Office of Rail Regulation's
s131 referral to the UK-CC of the leasing of rolling stock for
franchised passenger services and the supply of related maintenance
services in Great Britain.
- Acted as Independent Insolvency Practitioner in the inquiry
into the acquisition of GV Instruments by Thermo Electron
Manufacturing Limited (UK-CC)
- Market research to support the inquiry into the acquisition of
ABI Building Data Limited by EMAP PLC (UK-CC)
- Provided Independent Expert Witness work advising around
allegations of restrictive practices in the area of television
rights (UK-OFT*)
- Assessing the market impact of the BBC's Online Service using
competition policy techniques
- Macro-level strategic, economic and regulatory input in
response to regulatory attack on a UK telecommunications company by
OFTEL
- Advising on a competition dispute around operation of retail
facilities and associated duty free sales at Eurotunnel passenger
terminals
*EC = European Commission, DoJ = US Department of Justice, UK-CC
= UK Competition Commission, UK-OFT = UK Office of Fair Trading,
FTC = Federal Trade Commission, CCB = Canadian Competition Bureau,
USDC for DC = United States District Court for the District of
Colombia
For further details of our services or to discuss your needs,
please call Mark Byers, Partner on +44 (0)20 7728 2522, or e-mail
to mark.byers@gtuk.com;
Craig Reed, Associate Director on +44 (0)20 7728 2324 or e-mail to
craig.reed@gtuk.com.