- Appeals before courts
- Collusive agreements, cartels and abuses of dominant position
- Competition litigation
- Damages
- Digital Antitrust
- EU law and public international law
- Fundamental freedoms
- Merger control
- Sanctioning proceedings
- Sectorial investigations
- State aid and state intervention
- Transposition of EU law
- Unfair competition and illegal advertising
Andersen provides comprehensive and strategic advice on competition and EU law matters, supporting clients across a wide range of industries in navigating complex regulatory environments at both national and European levels.
Our team advises on all aspects of antitrust and competition law, including cartels, collusive practices, abuse of dominant position, vertical and horizontal agreements, merger control, State aid, and unfair competition. We also provide guidance on the application of EU law and fundamental freedoms, particularly in cross-border scenarios.
We work closely with clients to prevent and mitigate regulatory risk through the design and implementation of compliance programs, as well as by conducting risk assessments of commercial strategies, distribution systems, and strategic alliances.
Andersen represents clients in proceedings before national competition authorities, the European Commission, and EU and domestic courts. Our experience includes defending clients in sanctioning proceedings, managing dawn raids, negotiating settlements and leniency applications, and handling appeals and judicial review processes.
We also advise on private enforcement actions, including damages claims arising from infringements of competition law, and support clients in investigations, sector inquiries, and regulatory challenges in highly regulated industries.
- Defending national and international clients in sanctioning proceedings before both national competition authorities and the European Commission, including the negotiation of settlements, challenge of decisions and representation in any possible appeals before the courts, national and EU.
- Advice in relation to antitrust, collusive agreements, cartels and abuse of dominant position, including the review of commercial agreements (distribution, purchasing networks, parallel imports), advice during dawn raids carried out by competition authorities, requests for leniency, preparing complaints and compliance programmes.
- Advice regarding merger control, including filings with the Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC) or the European Commission; self-assessment of agreements in order to minimize risks; advice regarding strategic alliances and joint ventures; negotiation of commitments and divestment obligations, advice on statement of objections; representation and defense in sanctioning proceedings.
- Representation and defense of our clients’ interests in legal proceedings for damages arising from infringements of competition law.
- Advice regarding State aid, including the preparation of complaints regarding the granting of illegal aid, procedures for recovery and compatibility of State aid.
- Advice in relation to fundamental freedoms of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFUE), in relation to the freedom of establishment and provision of services, free movement of goods and capital, and free movement of people, and in the implementation of EU law at national level.
- Advice in relation to sector research and legislative proposals relating to regulated sectors and those of general interest.
- Advice on unfair competition and illicit publicity.
- Advice on customs law, rules of origin and foreign trade.
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