TLH, Advocates & Solicitors

Competition Law

Of Counsel

Mathew George is a competition and regulatory lawyer with nearly a decade of post qualification experience, specialising in antitrust enforcement, merger control, digital markets regulation, and complex regulatory litigation. He has been involved in contentious competition matters before the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), various High Courts, and the Supreme Court of India.

He has been part of more than 25 merger notifications, including Form I, Form II, and Green Channel filings across technology, manufacturing, infrastructure, financial services, and private equity sectors. Mathew brings deep experience in handling high-stakes investigations, including cartel defense, vertical restraints and abuse of dominance matters. His practice spans the full life cycle of competition matters.

He has helped companies institute CCI compliance for business teams and led training sessions. He has interfaced with DG Office personnel during investigations, appeared before the CCI and, thereafter, in appellate proceedings, including invoking writ jurisdiction. In merger control, he has assisted clients in structuring and thereafter secured approvals from the CCI. He also has experience negotiating behavioural commitments and structural divestments, and, uniquely, defending the approvals granted before the NCLAT.

He has advised clients ranging from leading global technology companies, multinational conglomerates, industry associations, private equity funds, and sovereign funds. Now also a practising advocate, Mathew, appears and argues before the Kerala High Court and other judicial and quasi-judicial bodies in Kerala. Therefore, he is known for combining a strong technical command of competition law with both practical, business-oriented advice.

He also has experience developing public policy positions and representing them before Parliamentary Committees and the CCI, both individually and on behalf of clients. He has previously contributed to submissions to Parliamentary Committees on India’s proposed Digital Competition Bill and the Competition Law Review Committee

English, Hindi

• LL.B., Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi – 2015

• B.A.(Economics & Commerce), St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai – 2011