Jamie studied law at Brasenose College, Oxford, and worked as a research assistant in competition law to Professor Ariel Ezrachi.  He has a postgraduate diploma in EU Competition law from King's College London.

• Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales

·       Merger control and FDI, including the following:

o   Advising Arla amba on its proposed acquisition of Volac Whey Nutrition, a competing supplier of whey products

o   Advising Carlsberg on its proposed £3.3bn acquisition of Britvic

o   Advising Centamin on its proposed £2.5bn acquisition by AngloGold Ashanti, a rival gold miner

o   Advising Roquette on its proposed $2.85bn acquisition of the pharmaceutical solutions business of IFF.

o   Advising Crest Nicholson in relation to the £720m offer by Bellway Homes

o   Advising Mercer on its proposed acquisition of Cardano, a rival investment consultant

o   Advising bp and Bunge in respect of the creation of a bioethanol joint venture in Brazil, with multiple filings around the world.

o   Advising Sandvik on its €943m acquisition of DSI Underground, a competing supplier of rock bolts used in the mining industry.

o   Advising Royal Bank of Canada on its £1.6bn acquisition of Brewin Dolphin.

o   Advising Kerry plc on two disposals in its foods businesses

o   Advising Munich Re on its disposal of its UK legal expenses insurance business to a competitor.

o   Advising Ritchie Brothers on its proposed £775m acquisition of Euro Auctions.

o   Advising Countryside on its £1.3bn acquisition by Vistry, a competing house builder.

o   Advising the lenders to CHC on its failed acquisition of Babcock, which was unwound by the CMA.

o   Advising Delta Air Lines on the formation of its joint venture with Virgin Atlantic and Air France-KLM.

o   Advising Anadolu Efes on the creation of a joint venture with AB InBev.

o   Advising Bombardier in respect of CDPQ’s $1.5bn investment.

o   Advising Infinity Power on its acquisition of Lekela Power.

o   UK National Security and Investment Act matters including for (among others) Brookfield, Shell, Saab and Cognizant, and private equity investors.

·       Regulatory matters, including references and appeals to the CMA, including:

o   Advising Ovo Energy on its intervention in Utilita’s ongoing financial resilience licence modification appeal.  

o   Advising Delta Air Lines, Inc. on its appeal against the CAA’s H7 Final Decision on the economic regulation of Heathrow Airport Limited (and related cross-intervention).

o   Advising National Grid Electricity Transmission plc and National Grid Gas plc on appeals challenging aspects of Ofgem’s RIIO-T2 price control settlement.

o   Advising The System Operator for Northern Ireland (SONI) on the Utility Regulator’s review of SONI’s governance.

·       Market investigations, advising PwC, Mercer and Santander in the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) market studies/investigations in respect of audit, investment consulting, and retail banking respectively.

·       Antitrust and advisory work including:

o   Advising Delta Air Lines, Inc. in respect of the CMA’s investigation into British Airways and American Airlines’ transatlantic joint venture.

o   Advising Delta Air Lines, Inc. on proceedings in the European General Court and European Court of Justice appeals brought by American Airlines regarding the imposition of remedies in prior cases.

o   Advising Jet2 in relation to disputes with online travel agents and competition and consumer law compliance more generally.

o   Advising bp in an internal investigation further to a whistle-blower alleging an infringement of coemption law.

o   Advising PwC in respect of likelihood of fines being imposed on their audit clients under investigation for competition law infringements.

·       Advising Epic Games in its standalone litigation alleging infringements of competition law by Google.