Here you can find the recent competition policy and public procurement projects in which Lear has been involved.
Lear assisted a major producer of fruit packaging in the evaluation of the alleged damages caused by its participation in a cartel agreement, as established by a national competition authority. Lear’s analysis consisted in an in-depth study of the market, with particular attention towards the characteristics of the demand and supply of fruit packaging. By […] Read more
Lear is assisting a major oil company against a request for damages due to its alleged participation in a cartel between other jet fuel suppliers in the Italian market. The quantitative analysis of Lear’s economists shows that the alleged practices did not have any significant effect on market prices. Furthermore, Lear argues that passing on, […] Read more
Lear assisted a fixed telecom operator specialized in business customers and high-end services in quantifying damages suffered as a consequence of the abusive conducts carried out by the incumbent and ascertained by the Italian Competition Authority. In particular, the incumbent refused to give wholesale network infrastructure access and broadband access to its competitors. Due to […] Read more
Lear, together with Analysys Mason, assisted three fixed telecom operators in the Slovakian telecom market in quantifying damages suffered as a consequence of an anticompetitive conduct carried out by the Slovak incumbent and ascertained by the European Commission with an infringement decision in 2015. The European Commission found that the incumbent was refusing to supply […] Read more