The UK and EU authorities are increasingly relying on widely-drawn and often unfocussed market investigations as an enforcement and policy tool.

We have experience of guiding clients through these investigations in a range of sectors, most recently including energy and financial services. We identify the key strategic risks posed by these investigations and assist you in targeting a response accordingly, challenging the thinking of the authorities and identifying strategic business opportunities.

We have recently:

• Assisted a number of financial services clients with market investigations by the competition authorities
• provided strategic advice to a European energy company on its response to the European Commission’s ongoing energy sector enquiry, and on the review by European courts and regulators of long-term exclusive arrangements.