Resumen de Tough competition
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Hot 100 alumni Macfarlanes' competition head has to deal with a surprisingly large amount of litigation cases He is in charge of one of the smallest practice groups in Macfarlanes, but competition head Marc Israel still has a lot resting on his shoulders.
Israel is one of two partners in the fi rm's competition and EU group and also heads up the cross-departmental competition litigation practice. With fellow partner Malcolm Walton he works with four associates on matters such as merger control and cartels, as well as follow-on litigation and fi nancial services investigations.
"Financial services investigations have taken up a lot of my time," says Israel, pointing towards a shift in the role played by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which was awarded concurrent competition powers from April last year. The rules enable the FCA to enforce against infringements of competition law in addition to referring markets to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for fi nancial services investigations.
