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Andrew Maxwell
Work Department
Competition, Corporate Defence and Regulatory
Position
Partner and Head of Competition
Andrew leads the Competition team at Freeths LLP. He has extensive expertise on EU and UK competition/antitrust law and all related practice areas. Andrew represents both private and public sector clients in antitrust proceedings before the European Commission, the UK competition regulators and the courts. He advises on all aspects of worldwide merger control, EU/UK merger investigations, merger arbitrage, EU/UK competition law and litigation, antitrust and market investigations, competition compliance, dawn raids and leniency applications, state aid, procurement and litigation, regulatory, trade and EU law.
Career
Deringer, Brussels (now Freshfields); Allens, Sydney (now Linklaters); SJ Berwin;
Wragge & Co and Lawrence Graham (now Gowling WLG), 2004-2011;
RPC, 2011-2016;
Competition and Markets Authority, Legal Director (seconded from RPC), 2015;
Partner at Freeths LLP, 2016
Languages
Spanish, German, French, Italian, Hungarian
Memberships
Law Society Competition Section
Competition Law Association
Procurement Lawyers’ Association
UK State Aid Law Association
Education
University of Glasgow – LL.B (Hons) (First; Law prize)
European University Institute, Florence, Italy – LL.M (Distinction)
College of Law, London – LPC (Distinction)
Leisure
Football, skiing, tennis and squash
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Local government
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Dispute resolution > Mediators
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Court of protection
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Dispute resolution > Mediators
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Private client > Family