PRACTICE AREA | Antitrust
Castalia advises on competition issues and provides expert evidence in antitrust proceedings.The main components of Castalia’s work in the antitrust area include:
- Merger and acquisitions: Analyzing the competitive effects of a proposed merger or acquisition
- Access pricing and efficient component pricing: Developing regulatory approaches for access pricing that resolve market power concerns
- Market definition: Examining the relevant market by assessing the behaviour of customers and suppliers
- Anti-competitive conduct: Providing independent advice on the economic impact of contractual arrangements and business practices
- Abuse of market power: Identifying market power and whether it has been used to harm consumers or competition
- Commercial clients with competition strategy and risk management, including advice on regulatory clearances and authorisations, proposed mergers and expert evidence
- Competition authorities by providing independent analysis on controversial cases and difficult decisions
- Plaintiffs threatened by mergers or anticompetitive behaviour by competitors or suppliers develop antitrust strategy and understand competitive effects