Lawyers in the Antitrust & Competition Law Practice advise on all types of competition and antitrust matters, including mergers and acquisitions, criminal and civil investigations by government agencies, antitrust litigation, antitrust/intellectual property issues, and the full range of counseling matters (including distribution, pricing, trade associations, licensing, and standard-setting).

In addition to dealing with national and local courts in the countries in which Jones Day has offices, the practice also handles matters before the Court of First Instance and Court of Justice of the European Communities.

As part of an international firm, Jones Day London works on competition and antitrust matters generated both in the UK and around the globe, which often involve multiple jurisdictions.

Examples of recent representations include:

• Mastercard - Advising Mastercard in relation to the Office of Fair Trading multilateral interchange fee investigation.
• Apple - Advising Apple in relation to Office of Fair Trading/European Commission investigation of iTunes pan-European pricing. 

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Jon Guyett
Worcester College, Oxford, Law

As a trainee, I was usually working on matters for several practices at any one time, but after the first year I became increasingly involved in competition and antitrust work - my preferred practice after enjoying the module at university. The Antitrust & Competition Law Practice in the London Office is part of a large global competition practice, and is therefore frequently involved in work generated both in the UK and overseas.

My trainee competition work had enormous variety and included:

• assessing high-profile mergers in various product markets and reporting deal risk to hedge fund clients looking for potential investment;
• assessing a client's own mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures for potential merger filing requirements in jurisdictions around the world;
• reviewing client rebate structures, exclusive distribution contracts, and other commercial arrangements, and advising on competition law compatibility;
• attending joint venture meetings to ensure parties do not exchange commercially sensitive information about their individual businesses; and
• general research/reporting on new emerging case law/legislation for client "alerts".

Fortunately the training system took away any pressure to cram in as much of this as possible in a short space of time, and allowed me to be continually involved in one way or another. I believe this enabled me to get the broadest experience possible.

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