Antitrust, Competition and Trade
We cover every area of Antitrust, Competition and Trade law
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Due to our size and very wide footprint, we are able to deal with all ACT matters irrespective of their geographic dimension. Where necessary we cooperate with long established contacts from our wider network of law firms everywhere in the world.
We are specialists across the full range of Antitrust, Competition and Trade matters. In the last three years alone, we advised clients in more than 750 competition and trade related proceedings. We have expert sub-groups specialising in specific areas within the wider competition and trade field, e.g. for State aid and FDI/Foreign investment screening. We are also well-known as experts in various sectors of the economy. Our renowned sector specialisation encompasses automotive, consumer products/FMCG, construction, digital economy, energy/oil & gas, life sciences, telecommunications/media and transport to name but a few.
Our clients range from many very large multinationals who frequently use our team as their ACT law firm of choice for the entire region (e.g., in Europe), to governments at all levels and also a high number of medium-sized companies.
We use the most up-to-date technical and AI tools to support our business.
We hold a renowned bi-annual EU competition law conference which has become a feature in the Brussels calendar. We put out regular case law updates on European and international competition and trade developments on our Law Now service. Our Competition Law eLearning course is a ready-to-use online training tool that empowers employees and businesses to act with integrity. Our monthly EU law webinars are attended by in house counsel from around the world. And our 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.
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Competition Law eLearning course
Ready-to-use online training tool that empowers employees and businesses to act with integrity.
Meet our members
Our CMS Competition Associates’ (CMS-CA) is a group of junior and senior associates who drive collaboration and foster innovation at all levels within the CMS Antitrust, Competition & Trade Group, both internally and externally.
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