Macfarlanes has a very strong presence before the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) where between 2010 - 2011 it won some very notable cases. The firm is also involved in high profile work before the Commission....
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Macfarlanes has a very strong presence before the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) where between 2010 - 2011 it won some very notable cases. The firm is also involved in high profile work before the Commission.
On the European front, the firm advised Air Liquid on a complex case involving a joint venture for a business in carbon dioxide neutralising. The firm was engaged by a US advertising agency in the ECC investigation in Google's alleged abuse of dominance.
The firm was also involved advising clients in European cartel investigations in the food industry.
Before the OFT, the firm won a coup for Pinewood Laboratories when the OFT levied a £10 million abuse of dominance fine on Reckitt Benckiser, the first for since 2003, when Reckitt admitted liability for blocking the entry of generic products. Other high profile cases saw the firm advise Kingspan and defend clients in a vehicle manufacturer price fixing investigation.
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