In August 2015 CompetitionRx was acquired by accountancy firm Mazars Services Mazars offer remedies and compliance advice in ... merger control proceedings, competition and state aid investigations. Our services avoid costly delays in merger transactions. Our experts are highly skilled in dealing with competition authorities and applying competition law and economics as both regulators and advisers. Clients find in Mazars an independent Monitoring Trustee and competent compliance advisor with a great depth of experience in the monitoring and implementation of remedies. Personal contact with our clients is imperative to our work, as is efficient project management, focusing on cost-awareness. Merger Control We advise firms and M&A advisers in the planning and effective implementation of measures (remedies) offered to one, or several, competition authorities. Our services help to avoid incurring unnecessary delay in securing a successful merger. Subject to the complexity and size of the transactions, we help clients avoid financial penalties and reputational damage. Competition The team at Mazars bring together the required balance of professional monitoring expertise and industry experience to help ensure that an appropriate remedies package is developed. This combination of experience and sector knowledge is available to support our Monitoring Trustee mandates. In addition, should disputes with a third party arise, Mazars can act as a mediator to settle claims of non-compliance or questions regarding commercial implications of a specific commitment. As trained mediators with practical experience, CompetitionRx can, in many cases, prevent interventions by an authority or the courts. State Aid Mazars advises companies and government agencies, in the context of restructuring and refinancing, to meet the requirements of the State Aid rules of the European Union or the World Trade Organisation (WTO). read more