Peter Willis
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Work Department
EU and competition.
Position
Head of EU and competition; many years’ experience of advising UK and international clients on their dealings with the UK and EU competition and regulatory authorities, in the context of mergers, notifications, complaints, cartel whistle-blowing and investigations; advises on structuring business arrangements and transactions so as to ensure compliance with the competition rules; advises on EU procurement issues; advises on disputes in which EU and competition issues are raised; frequent commentator on competition issues in the press and broadcast media.
Career
Trained Nyssens et Associés, Brussels and Turner Kenneth Brown; qualified 1991; assistant TKB’s Brussels office 1992-94; Nabarro Nathanson (following merger with TKB) 1995-97; senior associate Taylor Joynson Garrett (now Taylor Wessing) 1998; seconded to Office of Fair Trading Competition Act Team 1999; partner Taylor Joynson Garrett and (post-merger) Taylor Wessing, London and Brussels 2001-06; partner and head of EU and competition Dundas & Wilson LLP 2006 to date. General editor and contributor ‘Introduction to EU competition law’, Informa Law, September 2005; ‘The Competition Act 1998 – a guide for business’, (2nd edition) Informa Professional February 2001; numerous articles in legal and industry journals.
Languages
French, German, Spanish.
Member
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; American Bar Association; Solicitors’ European Group; Scottish Competition Law Forum; Competition Law Scholars’ Forum.
Education
Merchant Taylors’ School; University of Exeter (1987 LLB European); Université D’Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence (1986 Diplôme D’Etudes de Droit Privé Français).
Leisure
Skiing, growing vegetables, walking.
Practice Areas
EU and competition; Energy and natural resources; Financial services
