Profile: Alan McCarthy

Competition

Biography: Competition

Alan McCarthy is a partner in A&L Goodbody's EU and competition law group. Alan has represented clients in a range of sectors including telecommunications, aviation, banking, insurance, health care, food, beverages and petroleum before the Irish Competition Authority and the European Commission.

He specialises in advice on the competition law implications of mergers and joint ventures. He has advised on many of the recent mergers notified to the Irish Competition Authority (including mergers that have been investigated in Phase II of the Irish Competition Authority's merger procedures) and on mergers notified to the European Commission.

Alan also specialises in advice on competition law enforcement issues (such as leniency applications, dawn raids, compliance programmes and competition law litigation) as well as complaints to the Irish Competition Authority and the European Commission. He has significant sectoral regulatory experience, particularly in the telecommunications and energy sectors in Ireland. In addition, he advises on a wide range of other EU law matters such as state aid.

Alan is recommended in a number of leading legal directories including Chambers Global 2008, where he is described as "extremely knowledgeable on competition law issues, very hardworking and thorough" as well as "even-tempered and courteous". He is also recommended in Chambers Global 2007 and PLC - Which lawyer? 2007.

He regularly lectures on competition law matters both in Ireland and abroad and is co-writer of the leading Irish competition law text book Irish Competition Law: Competition Act, 2002.