• Solicitor, qualified in England & Wales
• Registered at the Brussels Bar 2019

Representative transactional experience, advising:

• GFG Alliance on the acquisition of the aluminium rolling divestment business in the US$2.2bn Novelis/Aleris, following phase 2/second request review in the EU, US, China and elsewhere.
• BP on numerous acquisitions, including the US$1bn acquisition of Statoil's aviation fuels business, requiring a complex remedies package before the European Commission, JVs with the likes of Shell, Rosneft and Bunge, and several other transactions before various global competition authorities.
• Shell on various competition matters, including on the $11bn Nordstream 2 joint venture, including the highly political Phase 2 review in Poland which recently led to imposition of the highest fine in global antitrust history of over €6bn.
• Delta Air Lines in securing competition and regulatory clearances for numerous share acquisitions and joint ventures before the European Commission, UK CAA, and other global regulators, including with respect to Virgin Atlantic, Air France-KLM, Alitalia, Korean, Gol, Latam and others.
• Life Technologies on securing global regulatory approvals on its US$13bn acquisition by Thermo Fisher.
• Bombardier on securing global approvals for the US$1.5bn equity investment by CDPQ, and in respect of the US$6 billion sale of its transportation business to Alstom.
• Various other energy companies on transactions requiring approval before competition authorities, notably in respect of renewable energy projects and joint ventures.

Representative investigations and compliance experience, acting for:

• A leading global energy company in respect of the regulatory and competition investigations into foreign exchange manipulation.
• A leading UK retailer in successfully overturning the UK OFT's then record-breaking fine in respect of alleged price fixing in tobacco markets before the Competition Appeals Tribunal, and subsequently in respect of wide-ranging investigations of alleged price fixing in the groceries sector.
• A major global airline on price fixing allegations in air cargo and air passenger markets, including securing immunity from penalty in a number of jurisdictions.
• A global freight forwarding company in respect of investigations into alleged price fixing.
• Major parties in UK market investigations in relation the audit, energy and banking sectors.
• A leading global airline (as complainant) to secure beneficial settlement outcomes in respect of supply of aircraft parts and components (before the European Commission); and divestment of airport remedy slots (before the European Commission and UK CMA).
• A number of leading global companies for the design and implementation of competition compliance systems and controls, including: execution of competition risk and audit assessments; design of policy and guidelines; design and provision of online and in-person training programs; implementation of whistle-blowing systems; design and provision of dawn raid training and response systems, including mock dawn raids.