Mr Ruchit Patel > Ropes & Gray LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Ruchit Patel
Work Department
Antitrust
Position
Partner
Career
Ruchit Patel is an antitrust partner in the firm’s London office. Ruchit advises some of the largest companies in the world on matters before the European Commission, UK Competition and Markets Authority, UK sectoral regulators, UK High Court. He also has litigation experience before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Ruchit also has significant experience advising clients on antitrust law matters in Asia. His clients include technology, financial services, private equity, and healthcare companies, among others.
Ruchit has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal: Competition for two consecutive years as “a very experienced competition lawyer” who “focuses on strategy and results” and “is uniquely dedicated to ensuring his clients’ success.” Legal 500 also noted that Ruchit brings “an in-depth knowledge of Indian competition law.” Chambers UK recognizes Ruchit as an “up and coming” individual in the area of competition law, and Global Competition Review notes he is a “Future Leader”.
Ruchit is a visiting Lecturer at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London.
Languages
English
German
Memberships
- Ireland, Solicitor, 2016
- England and Wales, Solicitor, 2006
Education
- LPC, Commendation, Nottingham Law School, 2004
- LLB, First Class Honours, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 2002
- JD, First Class Honours, Universität Würzburg Faculty of Law, 2001
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
The ‘top-notch’ team at Ropes & Gray LLP attracts considerable praise from clients, who turn to the team for its wide-ranging capabilities across various competition matters, ranging from merger control and FDI clearances to conduct, compliance and antitrust counselling. The team is routinely engaged by blue-chip corporates, pharmaceutical companies and private equity clients on complex multi-jurisdictional merger control matters. Practice head Ruchit Patel is a key port of call for some of the word’s largest companies on matters before the CMA and European Commission.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > High yield
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory