Helen Kelly is a partner and head of the EC, Competition and Regulatory Law Group at Matheson Ormsby Prentice in Dublin. Previously she was a member of the competition department of a major European law firm where she worked in the London and Brussels offices. Helen has extensive expertise in advising on merger control and has made submissions and submitted notifications to the European Commission and the Irish Competition Authority. Helen also advises on cartel and dominance cases, State aid, public procurement, competition litigation and sectoral regulation. Helen has written extensively on competition and regulatory issues including chapters and articles on merger control, cartels, dominance and public procurement. Helen also regularly speaks at Irish and international conferences on the subject of competition law.
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On 25 March 2020, in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (“CCPC”) published the Joint statement by the European Competition Network (“ECN”) on the application of competition law during the Corona crisis (ECN Joint Statement) on its (...)
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In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (“CCPC”) announced on 18 March 2020 temporary measures to assist it in complying with binding statutory deadlines and to ensure business continuity in the review of notified mergers and (...)
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In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (“CCPC”) announced on 18 March 2020 temporary measures to assist it in complying with binding statutory deadlines and to ensure business continuity in the review of notified mergers and (...)
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Summary In this case update, we discuss a 2019 criminal enforcement case in Ireland brought by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the “CCPC”) in conjunction with the Director of Public Prosecutions (the “DPP”), in relation to breaches of procedural merger control law under the (...)
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On 18 October, the Houses of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament) approved legislation (SI No 388/2018) increasing substantially the financial thresholds at and above which mandatory notification of a transaction is required to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in (...)
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The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphries, laid the Competition Act 2002 (Section 27) Order 2018 (the “Order”) before the Houses of the Oireachtais on 3 October 2018. From 1 January 2019, the financial thresholds for the mandatory notification of mergers and (...)
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The Irish competition regulator has this week cleared a media merger, subject to a behavioural remedy of ‘ring-fencing’. However, the parties cannot complete the deal for some time yet, as a separate Irish media plurality process may only commence now such that the total length of the Irish (...)
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Summary In this case update, we discuss a 2019 criminal enforcement case in Ireland brought by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the “CCPC”) in conjunction with the Director of Public Prosecutions (the “DPP”), in relation to breaches of substantive competition law under the (...)
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A new bill has been proposed in the Oireachtas to grant the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) civil enforcement powers. At present, where the CCPC identifies a suspected breach of competition law, it must petition the court to impose criminal penalties. Under the Competition (...)
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Non-compete clauses can provide important protection for purchasers who have a legitimate interest in maintaining the value of the business they are acquiring. However, careful consideration must be given to the drafting of non-compete clauses in order to avoid allegations of anti-competitive (...)
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