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Work Department
Company and commercial, EU and competition.
Position
Competition law (both UK and EU) and EU law including European funding, anti-dumping and state aid. Acted on the first ever dawn raid under the Competition Act 1998 (the Leeds Cartel Case, acting for Arriva). Compliance work for Nike, CE Electric, Go-Ahead, Arriva and Formica. Panel appointments for Coca Cola, Transco and Scottish & Newcastle. Currently working on investigations in the transport market, utilities market and the construction sector. Current merger clearances include a parallel merger clearance and the clearance of a plc takeover by way of a Court Scheme of Appointment. State aid work this year has grown exponentially and includes assessments for nine new public/private funds together with assessments in relation to state and intervention rates and Regional Growth Fund applications.
Career
Trained Dickinson Dees; qualified 1993; partner 2001. Publications: ‘Legal Week’, ‘The Lawyer’, ‘Finance Director’, ‘EC Law Review’, ‘Local Government Lawyer’, ‘The Journal’, guest lecturer at Newcastle University.
Member
Law Society; Professional Marketing Forum; director Service Network; chairman of Service Network, Street north East, Financial Inclusion Newcastle, board member of Northern business Forum and the North East Economic Partnership, company secretary to North East Access to Finance Limited.
Education
Dame Allan’s School, Newcastle University.
Leisure
Football (five-a-side, 11-a-side and watching Newcastle United); hockey, gym and cycling; cooking, reading, DIY.
Practice Areas
EU and competition
