Advisory - Agreements & IP licences

We advise clients regularly on the competition law aspects of a wide range of commercial arrangements and business practices, ranging from distribution and franchising agreements to joint R&D and IP licenses.

We work with a number of businesses, from leading retail groups and suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods, to car importers and pharmaceutical companies.

Our services include offering advice on exclusive and selective distribution systems, online distribution arrangements and associated standards, and technology transfer issues.

Our strong commercial focus and wide-ranging experience ensures that our competition advice is always presented in a relevant and practical context, rather than in the abstract.

Experience

• Advising a card issuer on the competition aspects of various contractual provisions in its distribution agreements including in connection with pricing, which involved consideration of a range of complex issues around vertical agreements and agency.
• Advising a British based retailer on developing and drafting a pan-European marketplace policy and standards relating to the online sale of their products through retailer websites and third party marketplaces across the UK and Europe.
• Advising an airline in connection with the CMA's decision to open an investigation into the Atlantic Joint Business Agreement.