Competition

The practice group’s foundation stems from early years spent in analyzing combinations under Indian merger regimes. Keeping pace with evolving laws, PSA’s capability covers all diverse matters relating to combination, cartels, abuse of dominance, joint ventures, licensing, distribution, pricing and other competition law issues. Since 2011, competition law is becoming deeply embedded into businesses and corporate transactions, changing the way companies review cross-border M&A strategy. With expanding geographical limits, aggressive enforcement by Indian competition authorities necessitates a thorough understanding of the inter-play between pure business drivers and fair practices.

To prevent post regulatory issues, PSA employs strong ex-ante impact methodologies. The group is particularly valued for advising on antitrust compliance, evaluating potential anti-competitive impact of commercial agreements and strategic alliances, and creating business practices guidelines factoring the risks of the client’s industry. When acting for foreign and Indian conglomerates, we conduct due-diligences to assess compliance so any anti-trust risk can be discovered and remedied. Our team works with clients prior to executing deals to conduct substantive and procedural anti-trust risk management analysis of transactions from filing till consummation.