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Jonathan Parker

Position
Jonathan Parker is a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice in Latham & Watkins’ London office focusing on European and UK competition law.
He advises clients on a wide range of EU and UK competition issues, including mergers and acquisitions, market studies, cartels/restrictive agreements, and abuse of dominance cases.
Prior to joining Latham, Jonathan worked as a Legal Director and Director of Mergers at the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). He is renowned in the market for deploying his considerable experience and institutionalized thinking on UK merger control matters.
He is a member of the Competition Law Committee of the City of London Law Society.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
(Leading partners)Labelled as ‘second to none’, the team at Latham & Watkins remains active on big-ticket multijurisdictional mergers, showcasing its expertise before the European Commission and the CMA on a series of in-depth Phase II investigations. Regularly active across the tech, media, financial services and life sciences sectors, the team assists its stellar roster of clients on the full scope of contentious and non-contentious competition matters. Praised for his ability to provide ‘calm and measured advice’, David Little advises clients on UK, EU, and international competition law matters, including merger control, anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance, and litigation. Jonathan Parker maintains a busy practice, working on high-profile and complex matters, while Simon Pritchard
is recommended for his experience across a wide range of complex transactional, regulatory, and enforcement matters. Greg Bonné, ‘a very hands-on partner’, demonstrates considerable experience in merger control matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- EU and competition London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Industry focus > TMT
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Securitisation
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Acquisition finance