Gates and Partners provides expert EU competition and economic regulatory advice to clients in the aviation, aerospace and travel industries.   In recent years, competition law has become a key strategic and operational consideration for these industries.  Gates and Partners’ unrivalled knowledge of the industry environment, its regular contact with regulators and competition authorities, and its technical expertise in competition law, make for sound, straightforward, commercial legal advice on even the most complex cases.

We can advise on:

•  International merger control
• Competition/Antitrust investigations (as complainant or defendant)
• Abuse of dominance
• Anti-competitive agreements; non-compete and exclusivity arrangements
• The interface of IP and competition law
• Cartel liability
• Code-share and alliance arrangements
• State Aid
• Open Skies
• Scarce bilateral capacity
• Competition compliance programmes and training
• Airport Charges
• Defence Procurement