About Dorit
Dorit is a partner and head of our EU, competition & procurement team. Dorit has extensive experience and knowledge in advising clients on all aspects of competition law and procurement law. Dorit advises clients on an all-island basis as she is qualified to practise in both Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Dorit regularly advises clients on the competition law implications of commercial contracts and mergers, cartels, abuse of a dominant position, compliance and enforcement issues (including dawn raids and leniency programmes), market investigations, State aid issues as well as complaints to competition authorities. She also advises clients on the design and implementation of competition compliance programmes specifically tailored to their business, including extensive training to board members and employees of the business.
Dorit is a trusted adviser to many public and private sector clients in the public and utilities sectors on procurement issues, including advising on procurement strategy and execution, drafting all procurement documentation, advising on selection and award criteria, evaluation methodology and scoring matrix, debrief requirements and defending or initiating a challenge with regard to an award process.
Recent experience
- International bank on all aspects of the investigation into the retail banking sector by the UK Competition & Markets Authority
- News media organisation on Irish and UK merger control and competition issues arising from the acquisition of four magazine titles. This was a media merger which was notified to, and cleared by, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Online cycling retailer on UK merger control and competition issues arising from the sale of the business to a competing online retailer. The transaction required a merger notification to the UK Competition and Markets Authority which was cleared in Phase 1
- Dairy producer on merger control and competition issues arising from its joint venture with another dairy producer.
- National TV Channels on a joint venture relating to the transmission of digital television in Northern Ireland, including State aid, broadcasting law and merger control issues. The joint venture was notified to what was then the Irish Competition Authority and cleared in Phase 1
- Equipment supplier to the NHS on the investigation by the then UK Office of Fair Trading regarding an alleged abuse of a dominant position. The investigation was closed with a warning letter
- Housing group on a wide range of procurement issues including advice on all aspects of the procurement of integrated design team services, on the options available for and the subsequent procurement of a design and build works contract, the consequences of contractor insolvency in a publicly awarded contract and the use of the Teckal exemption
- Energy Utility on a substantial ICT managed service procurement. This involved advising on all aspects of the procurement process including drafting all procurement documents, drafting clarification responses, advising on the conduct of negotiations and advising on the debrief requirements
- Construction firm on the successful challenge to the award of a contract by Central Bedfordshire Council for the construction of a leisure centre. The challenge ended with a settlement favourable to the client.