Philip Andrews heads the firm’s EU, Competition, Regulatory & Trade Law Group. He focuses on antitrust litigation, transactional and counselling issues. Philip Andrews has represented a wide variety of companies before the European Commission, the Competition Authority and national regulatory agencies. Philip focuses on antitrust litigation, transactional and counseling issues. He has represented a wide variety of companies before the European Commission, the Competition Authority and national regulatory agencies. Philip successfully represented ILCU in ILCU v Competition Authority, the leading Irish case on competition law, in which the Supreme Court unanimously endorsed the consumer welfare standard. Philip has served as Legal Adviser to the Competition Authority and assisted in drafting the Competition Act 2002. He also counseled the agency on EU Modernisation, prior to adoption of Regulation 1/2003. Earlier in his career, Philip practiced for six years in Brussels with a U.S. firm, following a training period at DG Competition. Philip is listed as among the world’s leading competition lawyers under the age of 40 in GCR’s ’40 under Forty’ survey. He is a non-governmental adviser to the Competition Authority and is a past chair of the Law Society’s EU and International Affairs Committee.
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On 18 March, the CCPC issued a statement encouraging merging parties where possible to delay merger filings until further notice, and establishing a temporary process for electronic notification of mergers. In an effort to ensure business continuity in merger review amid the COVID-19 outbreak, (...)
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A small charitable donation for gun-jumping* After an 18 month investigation involving officials from both the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (“CCPC”) and Ireland’s Director of Public Prosecution, and a first-ever criminal prosecution, a company that gun-jumped Irish merger (...)
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Competition Disputes: Will a Jurisdiction Clause Govern Where They are Brought?* The European Court of Justice (CJEU) held recently in Apple Sales International v MJA acting as liquidator of eBizcuss.com that claims alleging abuse of a dominant position could come within the terms of a (...)
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Ireland - Hard-core cartel offender gets €7,500 fine and suspended sentence* Following a guilty plea to criminal bid-rigging and obstruction charges, a company director was fined €7,500 by an Irish judge on 31 May and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment (suspended – meaning no jail time). (...)
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If it Ain’t Broke, Fix it: Ireland’s Competition Law, Version 2014* It took five years to draft. But now everything’s go!-go!-go! First published late spring 2014, Ireland’s newest competition law reform could be adopted by July. And though planning was long and time for debate is now short, last (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
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