Our EU, Competition & Procurement team provides advice to clients on all aspects of Irish and EU competition law and procurement law, and other related areas, including merger control, State aid, and investment screening.
The team advises a wide range of private sector entities, public authorities, and utilities.
Our substantial experience on competition includes advising on merger control, abuse of dominance, state aid, dawn raids and compliance programmes.
The team’s extensive experience on procurement includes advising on the procurement strategy for large projects, guiding clients through all steps of the procurement process, from the initial advertisement through to debriefing of unsuccessful tenderers, including drafting/advising on all procurement documents.
The procurement team also has an excellent track record in advising clients on the enforcement of the public procurement rules, both in defending and initiating procurement challenges.
As a full service firm, we draw on the skills and technical knowledge of lawyers from other parts of the firm including commercial, corporate, construction, employment, property and litigation, enhancing our ability to deliver practical and commercial solutions to clients.
Our services
- Irish and EU merger control
- Competition issues relating to all types of commercial contracts
- Abuse of dominance issues
- Cartels, including exchanges of commercially sensitive information
- Pricing issues, including resale price maintenance
- Competition compliance and training
- Competition enforcement, dawn raids and leniency programmes
- Complaints to competition authorities and regulators
- State aid, including investigations, procedural issues and complaints
- Free movement of persons, goods, services and capital
- Parallel trade issues
- Court proceedings relating to EU and competition law, including judicial review cases
- Application of Irish Procurement Regulations, EU Directives and EU, UK and Irish case law
- Selection of procurement strategy and choice of procurement procedure
- Defending or initiating procurement challenges
- Procurement procedures and compliance with EU and Irish public procurement rules
- Freedom of Information Act requests in relation to procurement
- EU and Irish public procurement training
Experience
ETHOS ENGINEERING LIMITED
Advised client on a Merger Notification to the CCPC in connection with the investment by the private equity player, Exponent.
TRASMORE LIMITED
Advised owners on a Merger Notification to the CCPC in connection with its sale to the DD Group, which is owned by Sun Capital Partners, a US private investment fund.
OCHP/ORBITAL WELDING
Advised owners on a Merger Notification to the CCPC in connection with its sale to Writech.
ERGO GROUP
Advised client on a Merger Notification to the CCPC in connection with its acquisitions of Asystec Limited and BoatyardX.
NDFA
On the procurement aspects of Higher Education PPP Bundles 1 and 2 and Social Housing PPP Bundle 3
National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
On the procurement of a car park concession contract at the NCH in Dublin
EirGrid
Advised EirGrid and its French counterpart, Réseau de Transport d’Electricité, on the procurement aspects of the Celtic Interconnector project, a subsea electricity link between Ireland and France
OGP
The OGP on numerous procurement competitions for goods and services