Euclid Law
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Firm Description
Euclid Law was created by experienced competition lawyers with a common desire to build a new competition law firm that is agile, collaborative, highly commercial in its thinking, innovative in its approach to delivering results and free from the constraints of larger law firms.
Our core expertise covers all aspects of competition law, including cartels and anti-competitive agreements, merger control, abuse of dominance, state aid, competition litigation, market investigations as well as audit and compliance. With offices in both London and Brussels, in-depth experience and a network of contacts in key jurisdictions around the world built up over many years of practice, we have the ability to advise clients across Europe and worldwide. We represent clients before EU and UK competition authorities and courts.
Main Area of Expertise
Exclusively focused on competition law.
- Strategic focus from experienced and recognised senior lawyers
- No large teams of associates mean we are focused on achieving your commercial objectives rather than maximising utilisation
- Our focus gives us greater room to be innovative and strategic in our advice
We offer flexibility as we frequently team up with other law firms or counsel where appropriate, either on the basis of referrals or as co-counsel. We share resources, and we work collaboratively with our clients, other law firms and outsource providers. We embrace rather than fear the latest technological solutions, including the use of AI techniques in internal audits, official investigations and compliance programmes
Experts
Oliver Bretz, Partner
oliver.bretz@euclid-law.eu
Marie Leppard, Partner
marie.leppard@euclid-law.eu
Sarah Long, Partner
sarah.long@euclid-law.eu
Becket McGrath, Partner
becket.mcgrath@euclid-law.eu
Natalie Greenwood, Partner
natalie.greenwood@euclid-law.eu
Michael Reiss, Partner
michael.reiss@euclid-law.eu
Key Contacts
Managing Partner
Oliver Bretz
+44 (0) 788 158 8784
oliver.bretz@euclid-law.eu
Firm Rankings
Competition/Antitrust
Band 3
6.5
Lawyer Rankings
Articles
On 10 May, the European Commission (the ‘Commission’) published final texts of the new Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation (‘VBER’) and the accompanying Guidelines on Vertical Restraints (‘Guidelines’). These two documents set out the full legal framework for the assessment of vertical agreements under EU competition law that will apply from 1 June. Although the […]
As part of the ongoing review of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Guidelines, on 4 February 2022, DG COMP launched a two-week consultation regarding proposed guidance on information exchanges in dual distribution. The proposed new section provides much needed clarity and valuable additional guidance on the circumstances in which information exchange in a dual […]
Response to the additional Public Consultation on Proposed Guidance relating to Information Exchange in the context of Dual Distribution As part of the ongoing review of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Guidelines, on 4 February 2022, DG COMP launched a two-week consultation regarding proposed guidance on information exchanges in dual distribution. The proposed new […]
Court topples $1.2 billion penalty levied by EU in 2009 Critics of EU procedures question time taken for ruling Oliver Bretz quoted in Bloomberg and the Luxembourg Times on the Competition law aspect of the Intel case. Intel Corp. won a historic victory in its court fight over a record 1.06 billion-euro ($1.2 billion) competition fine, […]
Arrangements involving current and potential future events, such as taking security and agreeing options, require careful scrutiny under investment screening regimes. It is not safe to assume that a trigger will operate in the same way as under another more developed regulatory regime, such as merger control. Moreover, taking a security or agreeing an option […]
For a law which does not fully come into force until 4 January 2022, its approaching footsteps have been making plenty of noise before it walks through the door. The Euclid Law team has been advising many clients on whether their transactions are caught, assessing substantive risk, liaising with the Department for Business, Energy & […]
Without throttling investment that will be tricky On January 4h a new investment-screening law came into effect, heralded by the government as “the biggest shake-up … Continue reading