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Alistair Lindsay
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Position
Alistair Lindsay specialises in merger control, cartels/restrictive agreements and abuse of market power. Recent cases include: representing Eventim on the Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger; advising the purchaser on Cable & Wireless/Thus (cleared conditionally by the OFT); advising Emap on the merger control aspects of its break-up (all approvals obtained in phase 1); advising Nationwide on its mergers with Portman Building Society, Cheshire Building Society and Derbyshire Building Society (all cleared unconditionally by the OFT); advising the target on Santander/Alliance & Leicester (cleared unconditionally by the European Commission); advising Skipton Building Society on its merger with Scarborough Building Society (cleared unconditionally by the OFT); advising the purchaser on Arquiva/BT SBS (3” to 2” in satellite distribution services, cleared unconditionally by the OFT); advising the purchaser on William Hill/Stanley Leisure (cleared by the OFT on the basis of undertakings in lieu).
Career
Called 1993; partner Allen & Overy LLP 2001-09 (listed as leading practitioner in the first tier of competition/EU law by Chambers UK, which described him as a ‘star practitioner’ (2008) and a ‘virtuoso’ (2006), and referred to his ‘brilliantly accurate advice’ (2007). Listed as one of the world’s top-40 antitrust practitioners aged under 40 by Global Competition Review in February 2004 and again in May 2008. Author of ‘The EC Merger Regulation: Substantive Issues’, (Sweet & Maxwell 2003, second edition 2006, co-authored third edition with Alison Berridge 2009). A leading partner in a review in the European Competition Law Review described the first edition as a ‘masterpiece’. An economist reading the second edition stated: ‘Another distinctive strength is the combination of legal and economic reasoning, which is rarely achieved elsewhere’. Co-author with Nick Scola of the new ‘Market Definition’ chapter in ‘European Community Law of Competition’, (Bellamy & Child 2008, sixth edition).
Education
Cambridge University (MA; PhD).
