Anticompetitive Conduct and Agreements

Inquiries into anticompetitive behaviour can raise a large variety of different, sometimes quite complex economic questions.

Events

Dr Katharina Sailer joined a lively discussion on vertrical agreements in online commerce with a representative of the European Commission and academics and students from Würzburg University.

If you are under investigation for an infringement of competition law such as an agreement (for example a price-fixing cartel) or for abusing a dominant position or are affected by such conduct by another firm, we can help build your case using well-founded industrial organisation theory and econometric modelling.

You might, for example, be asked to provide evidence for, or would like to question

the duration and product or geographic scope of the agreement
whether the parties to the agreement operate in the same market
whether the undertaking is dominant
the effect of the alleged agreement or conduct on trade.

In some situations relatively simple economic reasoning and empirical analysis will be most telling while in others state-of-the-art modelling will be required. We always strive to use the right tool for your case.

Projects

We have experience in investigations involving cartels, information exchange, abuse of dominance and vertical agreements.