Competition Law 2024: Legal Practice Course Guides (LPC) - Softcover

Beatrice Roxburgh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1915469619 ISBN 13: 9781915469618

Publisher: The University of Law Publishing Limited, 2024

Synopsis

Unrivalled for clarity, authority and cost effectiveness, the CLP Legal Practice Guides explain in detail the principles of each area of legal practice. Each title is complemented by worked examples, checklists, model forms and relevant legislation.

Published annually, these user-friendly guides are ideal points of reference for students studying the LLM or Legal Practice Course and for practitioners, whether newly qualified or as a means of keeping up with the latest developments.

This book is a practical guide to the competition regimes in the United Kingdom and the European Union, and provides a short introduction to United States antitrust law. It focuses on the issues that are most relevant to many of the international law firms practising in London, major commercial law firms and the in-house legal departments of large corporations. The book covers the competition law prohibitions on anti-competitive agreements and the abuse of a dominant position, including enforcement action such as dawn raids and competition litigation. It also covers the rules relating to merger control in the European Union and in the United Kingdom.

The subject has gained prominence in recent years given the significant penalties on firms and individuals breaching competition law, and the rise in the number of jurisdictions that have adopted competition law regimes. As a result, competition law has crept up the compliance agenda on the boards of major corporations. Competition litigation has also increased due to factors such as financing by private litigation funders.

Contents

Introduction to competition law
Anti-competitive agreements, decisions and concerted practices
Abuse of dominance
Enforcement
Horizontal agreements
Vertical agreements
Merger control
Competition law and intellectual property

About this title

About the Author

Beatrice Roxburgh joined The University of Law in 2018, after a career practising competition law in London's 'square mile' at two of the City's pre-eminent competition law firms and in-house at BT Group plc. During that time she has advised major corporates, governments and public bodies on all aspects of European and UK competition law (including its application to international mergers and joint ventures). Beatrice was also a case officer at the UK's competition law authority, where she oversaw dawn raids and investigations as a competition law enforcer. At BT she led cases and investigations before the competition authorities and courts, including the European Commission, the Competition and Markets Authority, Ofcom, the Competition Appeals Tribunal and the Court of Appeal. She also advised senior executives on competition law compliance. Beatrice is a Teaching Fellow of The University of Law, where she leads the Competition Law courses.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of Law Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1915469619
• ISBN 13: 9781915469618
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214