PODCAST: Competition Law & Regulation in Sport – American Needle
In this podcast, two experienced competition lawyers (Benoît Keane and Helen Bignall) discuss the interaction between EU competition rules and sporting competitions, events and merchandising rights.
Between them, they discuss clubs, leagues and, of course, the American Needle case which inspired the topic of this episode.
Benoît Keane is a leading European lawyer. He specialises in European law and European competition law in particular relating to the sports and media sectors. Benoît regularly represents clients before the European Commission and European Courts.
Benoît Keane is qualified as a Solicitor (England & Wales). He is an experienced adviser on a range of European legal matters to companies, sports organisations, trade associations, public authorities, and media bodies.
Benoît is based in Brussels and works with clients and law firms across Europe. Before starting his own practice, Benoît worked for a number of international law firms in Brussels, London and Paris. Clients receive, therefore, the professional service of a dedicated and internationally experienced advocate.
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Helen Bignall has an extremely broad EU and UK Competition Law practice. She has extensive experience in cartels and market investigations, competition litigation and merger control across a wide-range of industries including banking and luxury goods. She also acts for clients in relation to the application of the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP).
Helen is recognised by clients as having a can-do, pragmatic approach to solving problems. Clients are impressed by her in-depth knowledge of the law and their industry sector which she uses to provide them with commercial advice.
Helen has recently been working on the Air Cargo case at EU level before the General Court and in the ground-breaking UK damages litigation. She has also been involved in the UK CMA retail banking market investigation.
Helen continues to advise clients on competition issues arising in the context of distribution agreements and IP licences and regularly provides compliance advice including through client seminars.