Competition law is increasingly complex, important and international. Our experienced and highly rated 20 strong team of competition specialists can help you:

• ensure that your transactions and conduct comply with competition law
• identify and obtain the merger control clearances required for your transactions
• use competition law to help achieve your commercial objectives
• obtain compensation if you have lost out because of infringements by others.

Our UK-based competition lawyers work as part of a global practice which includes around 260 competition and antitrust specialists working across ten EU member states, alongside other competition experts in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Russia, CIS and the Caucasus, Turkey, the US and Canada.

Whether you are a business, regulator or government, you can benefit from the breadth of our experience and the depth of our understanding of competition authorities around the world. We regularly appear before the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority and the European Commission and other authorities in the markets where we operate.

We strive to provide pragmatic, commercial solutions, not purely legalistic opinions. These are based on our many years of experience of the practical application of competition laws, gained from working on numerous leading cases across many sectors, including energy, financial services, media, retail, transport and utilities.

We advise on the full range of competition issues, including merger control, cartel and market investigations (including dawn raids), commercial agreements, compliance policies and training, sectoral regulation, state aid/subsidy control and competition litigation.

Recognition

Dentons ranked in GCR Global Elite’s Top 10 Firms

December 13, 2021

GCR 100 has recognized Dentons in its Top 10 Global Elite firms. The GCR 100 Global Elite is a definitive list of the top 25 firms practicing competition law internationally. GCR has also placed our Firm in the Top 2 firms for Cartels.

Dentons lawyers recognized in Rising Stars Europe Awards 2020

February 22, 2021

Four Dentons lawyers – Christopher Winn, Maria Krestiyanova, Juraj Gyárfáš and Maksym Sysoiev - were awarded in the Europe Rising Stars Awards 2020. The annual awards recognize the efforts of up-and-coming practitioners in the legal profession across Europe. 

Dentons ranked in GCR 100's Global Elite

January 31, 2020

GCR 100 has again recognized Dentons in its Global Elite ranking, a definitive list of the top 25 firms practicing competition law internationally.

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Insights

UK government pushes CMA to tackle cost of living challenges; and opportunities in the digital economy

May 19, 2023

United Kingdom: On 12 May 2023, the UK government published its draft "strategic steer" for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for 2023 – a high-level statement of government priorities which will influence the CMA in setting its enforcement priorities for the year ahead.

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: key points for business

May 12, 2023

United Kingdom: The draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the Bill), published on 25 April 2023, heralds a significant expansion in the powers of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in relation to merger control, competition enforcement and consumer protection, as well as introducing the widely publicised new competition regime for certain large digital firms designated as having "strategic market status".

Updated market guidance on the National Security and Investment Act 2021: what businesses need to know

May 4, 2023

United Kingdom: The UK government has recently updated its market guidance on the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) to reflect its experience of the NSIA since coming into force in January 2022. What do businesses need to know about the updated guidance?

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises CSG on the acquisition of Fiocchi Munizioni

December 2, 2022

Dentons assisted Czechoslovak Group (CSG), an industrial group active globally in various strategic business segments including defense and aerospace, in the acquisition of a 70% stake in Fiocchi Munizioni, a global leader in small caliber ammunition for hunting, defense and sport. 

Dentons advises Beretta on the acquisition of Ruag Ammotec

August 3, 2022

Dentons has advised Beretta Holding S. A. on the acquisition of 100 percent of Swiss-owned Ruag Ammotec. 

Dentons advises Beretta on the acquisition of Ruag Ammotec (in Italian)

August 3, 2022

Dentons has advised Beretta Holding S. A. on the acquisition of 100 percent of Swiss-owned Ruag Ammotec. 

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