Ashurst’s well-established competition and regulatory team is active across the full range of merger control, investigations, and advisory work. The group is currently involved in a number of high-profile CMA cartel investigations, with notable activity in the pharmaceutical and financial services sectors. Practice head Duncan Liddell is recognised for his strong sectoral knowledge, particularly in financial services and communications. Nigel Parr brings longstanding experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters. Steven Vaz continues to advise on merger control processes related to complex, multi-billion-dollar transactions.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Clearly subject-matter experts, with a wide team providing sound, clear legal advice alongside guidance in a very complex area of law.’
- ‘They give the client complete confidence in their advice on complex matters.’
- ‘Strong in quality of advice, proactivity, and domain knowledge.’
- ‘We have worked with both Duncan Liddell and Christopher Eberhardt. Both have the expertise and the ability to focus on the key issues at stake.’
- ‘Well connected to developments in the financial services sector.’
- ‘Duncan Liddell and Melissa Fraser have been excellent at keeping us up to date on key legal developments that really matter to our work.'
Key clients
- Morrisons
- Bank of America
- Application Developers Alliance
- Circle Health
- Volac
- ADNOC Logistics & Services
- 2Agriculture
- ITV plc
- General Atlantic
- Tritax
Work highlights
Advised 2Agriculture on its acquisition from ForFarmers of two animal feed mills.
Advising ITV plc in relation to two separate investigations launched by the CMA.
Advised Tritax Big Box on its £3.9 billion all-share combination with UK Commercial Property REIT Limited.
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Practice head
Duncan Liddell
Other key lawyers
Nigel Parr; Neil Cuninghame; Anna Morfey; Steven Vaz; Christopher Eberhardt; Natasha Gromof; Laura Carter; Danica Barley; Emile Abdul-Wahab