Experience

I am Head of Competition at Bates Wells specialising in UK competition law, subsidy control and public procurement. I have 25 years’ specialist experience and have worked in top-tier competition practices in the UK and EU as well as for the UK Government.

I help organisations across the UK economy and further afield – whether public or private, profit or not-for-profit – and I am known for my practical, engaging approach towards competition law advice. I particularly enjoys knotty issues, and delivering face-to-face compliance training.

Highlights
  • Advising an accreditation body in sustainable metals on various competition law matters including on membership, chain of custody and standard setting
  • Advising a leading charity in the creative arts on its compliance with the new UK Subsidy Control Act
  • Advising a trade association and its members on compliance with a CMA Order in a fundamental service market
  • Advising a leading sporting body on the implications of commercial data-sharing arrangements with other stakeholders
  • Advising an incumbent provider of counselling services to vulnerable persons on public procurement compliance
  • Advising a representative F&B body with solution-focussed competition advice to encourage adherence to voluntary, responsible codes of conduct
  • Providing strategic competition and related IP law advice to a Not-for-Profit owner of an important, purposeful logo
  • Advising a standard-setting body in renewable energy on the IP licensing and competition law
  • Advising a lead provider of public leisure facilities on its procurement strategy in an increasingly competitive environment
  • Advising charitable trusts with overriding environmental objects on the UK Subsidy Control Bill
  • Advising arts and culture applicants for Government COVID-related funding on handling information requirements under the UK/EU subsidy control principles
  • Advising a financial services’ body on objective initiatives to support its household-name members
  • Advising a provider of renewable energy on competition law in relation to shareholder activism
  • Advising a leading data science research institution on the EU/UK export control regime for dual-use goods as part of its risk assessment procedures
  • Advising a world-renowned UK university on its multi-million pound application for ERDF funding to upgrade an existing scientific research facility
  • Providing competition law compliance training to leading trade associations in the food, leisure and construction sectors