Ajit is an Associate Director at Agoda. Previously, he worked in Simmons&Simmons where he advised on a broad range of EU and UK competition law issues, including behavioural and merger control matters. Ajit’s key experience includes providing advice on the competition law issues arising from mergers, acquisitions and structural joint ventures, and also on abuse of dominance issues. He also advises clients on anti-competitive agreements and practices and regulatory issues. Ajit has advised a range of global clients from a variety of sectors, including Energy and Infrastructure, Life Sciences, TMT, Financial Institutions and Consumer.
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On 30 June 2017, the CMA launched its consultation relating to a new proposal for handling leniency applications. The proposed guidance would make the CMA the “first point of contact” for leniency applicants, in an effort to make the existing system clearer for businesses in regulated sectors. (...)
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Introduction On 27 June 2017, the European Commission (the Commission) imposed a record €2.42bn fine on Google after finding it had abused its dominant position in the search engine market by giving favourable treatment to its comparison shopping service in its search results. Background (...)
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The CMA’s decision relies heavily on evidence of the parties’ intentions in applying competition rules. On 15 June 2017, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published the full non-confidential version of its decision to fine Pfizer and Flynn a record £84.2m for their excessive and (...)
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In February 2016, it was reported that the European Commission is undertaking a preliminary antitrust investigation in relation to possible collusion in the money transfer market, continuing the trend of the Commission focussing on the financial sector in recent years. Focus of the (...)
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In brief There were three significant developments in the air cargo cartel damages litigation in the UK in October 2015. First, on 14 October 2015, the English Court of Appeal significantly narrowed the scope of potential claims in the UK by striking out two claims based on the torts of (...)
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Director that pleaded guilty to the cartel offence in the galvanised steel water tank cartel has received a six month suspended sentence after his co-accuseds were acquitted. In brief On 14 September 2015, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that an individual had been (...)
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ECJ confirms that Del Monte is liable for a single and continuous infringement of competition law for bilateral information exchanges between its subsidiary Weichert and Dole. On 24 June 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) dismissed an appeal by Fresh Del Monte Produce (...)
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In Brief On 30 April 2015, Advocate General (AG) Wathelet gave his Opinion on an appeal brought before the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) by InnoLux Corp. (InnoLux) concerning the European Commission’s liquid crystal display (LCD) panels cartel decision. AG Wathelet agreed with (...)
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In Brief On 23 April 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) dismissed LG Display’s and LG Display Taiwan Co. Ltd’s appeal against a General Court judgment on their liability for fines arising from the LCD cartel. The case is significant because the ECJ has clarified the (...)
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New filing thresholds, guidance on calculating them, a reduction in fees and the introduction of a Notification Form agreed at COMESA summit. In Brief: On 09 April 2015, the COMESA Competition Commission announced that the COMESA Council of Ministers had adopted several amendments to the (...)
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Appeal in banana cartel results in confirmation that the analysis of bilateral information exchange as an object infringement by Commission and General Court was correct. In Brief In its judgment on 19 March 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) concluded that Dole’s (...)
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On 26 November 2014, the General Court upheld a fine imposed on two Czech companies in the energy sector for obstructing access to electronic documents during a European Commission inspection. The General Court decision is significant because it provides further guidance on the European (...)
