About me
I’m a legal director specialising in competition law, so I advise clients on the possibility of breaches occurring and the steps they need to take to prevent that.
By its nature, competition law is cross-sectoral, so I work with a wide range of clients across a number of sectors. Typically, my work is split between advising companies and other organisations and bodies, and public sector entities, including local authorities, combined authorities and health authorities.
While the issues my clients instruct me on can often be complex to unravel, I pride myself on solving problems in a practical and efficient manner and providing my clients with advice that’s simple to understand and easy to implement in practical terms.
For me, it’s about being approachable and always willing to go the extra mile to assist a client, something my clients know they can rely on.
Away from work, I’m a mentor in the Future of Greater Manchester Mentoring Network, which focuses on leadership development and building supportive professional and community networks.
My experience
- Subsidy control: Advised a university on establishing a life sciences hub in a freeport, supported by a government grant under the Innovation Zone programme.
- Grant funding agreements: Drafting agreement for a subsidy to a marine business importing technology into a freeport and advising on challenge to another grant awarded to a port authority in a freeport.
- Merger control: Defended (successfully) against a CMA investigation relating to the acquisition of a pharmacy chain establishing a concentration in a defined geographical area and advised on knowledge sharing / clean team agreements.
- NSIA: Submitted voluntary, mandatory and retrospective notifications in a range of sectors including AI, defence, military and dual use, critical supplies to government, database infrastructure, advanced materials and synthetic biology.
- Restrictive agreements (horizontal): Advised on non-compete clauses, price fixing, market splitting, bid rigging, wage fixing and non-poach agreements for employees in a number of contractual and other “arrangements” between competitors, and provided training on these topics.
- Restrictive agreements (vertical) and abuse of dominant position: Advised on provisions in exclusive and selective distribution agreements between supplier and retailer, including pricing, minimum order levels, active and passive selling and imposition of conditions.