About

Provided by Byrne Wallace Shields

The Byrne Wallace Shields LLP EU, Competition and Regulated Markets Group is highly experienced in advising clients across a broad range of sectors on all aspects of competition law. Given the wide-ranging nature of EU, Competition and Regulatory law, we frequently work closely with our colleagues in other areas of the practice, notably corporate, procurement, litigation & dispute resolution, to ensure that our advice is focused on our clients' key business issues.


In recent years we have built a strong body of sector-specific expertise in regulated sectors such as telecommunications, financial services, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, communications, energy, transport and media.

Chambers Review

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Competition/European Law - Ireland

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Byrne Wallace Shields represents clients in significant follow-on damages actions. The law firm has notable activity in the area of merger clearance, and additionally assists with competition law compliance matters and state aid mandates. It acts for private equity houses and transport sector clients.

Work Highlights

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  • Byrne Wallace Shields advised Centric Health on obtaining competition law clearance for a joint venture with Irish Life.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Marco Hickey
2
Marco Hickey
2
Band 2

Marco Hickey often acts for clients on merger clearance mandates. He offers further experience in high-profile follow-on damages claims.

"He's very good, very cooperative, flexible and responsive. He's able to jump on calls really quickly and we're very happy with his responses."

"Marco's technical knowledge and willingness to find solutions for clients is strong."

"He gave us excellent guidance and support on competition law. He was very reassuring, and accurate in outlining what eventually came to pass."

Ranked Lawyers at
Byrne Wallace Shields

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Competition/European Law

Marco Hickey
2
Marco Hickey
2
Band 2

Members

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Elaine Davis

Industries

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Communications

Energy and Natural Resources

Financial Services

Healthcare

Life Sciences

Media

Pharmaceutical

Telecommunications

Transport