Peter Broadhurst
Crowell & Moring (London)
Partner
Peter Broadhurst is a partner based in Crowell & Moring’s London office and is a member of the antitrust & competition group. His practice focuses on advising companies on U.K. and EU competition law covering a range of sectors, including TMT, financial services, energy and infrastructure, industrial, and consumer goods. He advises on matters in front of the European Commission, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority and the U.K. sectoral regulators, as well as managing processes in front of competition regulators in other jurisdictions. He is an experienced counsellor, assisting clients with all aspects of competition and antitrust law and has particular experience in the issues arising from mergers, acquisitions, structural joint ventures, and cooperation agreements, obtaining merger approval decisions where necessary. He also advises clients on cartel investigations, abuse of dominance (acting both for the allegedly dominant and for those claiming abuse), and distribution arrangements; and, more generally, counsels clients on how to manage competition law and antitrust risk and operate their businesses successfully and profitably whilst remaining in compliance with the rules and avoiding cartel liability. Peter has advised on numerous U.K. market studies and market investigation references, as well as EU sector enquiries. He also navigates clients through the growing number of foreign direct investment rules in Europe and the U.K. Peter has been recognized by The Legal 500 for his EU and Competition work in the U.K., with clients noting that he "has significant experience in the TMT sector." Additionally, Who’s Who Legal (2020 and 2021) lists him as a Future Leader for Competition.
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Crowell & Moring (New York)
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Crowell & Moring (Brussels)
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Crowell & Moring (Brussels)
Katherine Funk
Crowell & Moring (Washington)
Andrew Gavil
Howard University School of Law (Washington)
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What is the Study about? The Study is broad in scope and aims to examine three potential sources of harm in connection with the digital advertising market: i) to what extent online platforms have market power in user-facing markets and what impact this has on consumers; ii) whether consumers (...)
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On 08 April 2019, the European Commission published its study into the syndicated lending market. The study was commissioned in April 2017, looking at syndicated lending in six Member States – the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain. The aim of the study was to identify and (...)
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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on 05 April 2019 that it is launching an investigation into online gaming companies’ use of auto-renewal, cancellation, and refund policies in relation to online services. The investigation is being conducted using the CMA’s consumer (...)
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On 04 April 2019, the European Commission (EC) published a report commissioned by the EU’s Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager. The report looks at how competition policy should continue to evolve in the digital age and is written jointly by an economist, a lawyer and an engineer. The (...)
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On 14 May 2018, the Enterprise Act 2002 (Turnover Test) (Amendment) Order 2018 (SI 2018/593) and Enterprise Act 2002 (Share of Supply Test) (Amendment) Order 2018 (SI 2018/578) were published. These amend the jurisdictional thresholds set out in section 23 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act) (...)
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On 24 April 2018, the European Commission (Commission) fined Altice NV (Altice) €124.5m for breaching both Article 4(1) and 7(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (the EU Merger Regulation or EUMR). Article 4(1) EUMR contains the “notification requirement” under which relevant (...)
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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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Traditionally, land agreements do not attract much scrutiny under competition law, although certain restrictive covenants and rights may raise issues. When issues do arise, they tend to be considered at national level rather than European Union level, as the effect on trade is rarely (...)
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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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On 05 August 2015, the UK Secretary of State issued the Competition Act 1998 (Redress Scheme) Regulations 2015 governing the approval of voluntary redress schemes under the Act. One of the radical elements of the UK’s package of 2015 collective redress measures takes shape as regulations and (...)
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English Court of Appeal limits retailers’ Visa MIF claim to standard six years, dismissing arguments that concealment meant that time had not yet begun to run. On 05 August 2015, three English Court of Appeal judges confirmed in Arcadia Group Brands Limited and others v Visa [2015] EWCA Civ (...)
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The European Commission has sounded a warning to parties notifying merger transactions, emphasising the fundamental importance of accurate market share data. On 25 February 2014, the European Commission announced that it had sent a statement of objections to two Finnish producers of (...)
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In brief The UK Competition Commission (CC) has published its Final Report on its investigation into the statutory audit services market. It confirmed its provisional findings that competition in the sector is not functioning well and identified the remedies it will impose, some of them (...)
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On 09 September 2013, the Financial Conduct Authority announced that it was launching a market study into cash savings. The study is an early indicator of the type of issues that the FCA will tackle under its new competition remit, where it suspects that ineffective competition is leading to (...)
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