Richard is Head of our EU & Competition Group.  He has over 20 years experience of EC and UK competition law (and merger control) and competition regulation.  Richard’s experience covers all aspects of the field, including anti-trust, merger control, and the EC state aid rules.  He has advised extensively on the competition regulation of network industries and liberalised utilities and on the EC (and UK) competition rules on undertakings granted special or exclusive rights by the state.
 
Richard has particular experience in the IT, life sciences, electronic communications and postal services sectors.  He has conducted cases before the European Commission, the European Court of Justice, the OFT, the Competition Commission and UK sector regulators.

Richard has previously provided consultancy to the European Commission and to national competition authorities of various central European countries on the harmonisation of such countries' competition laws with EC law.  Richard is included in the rankings of leading competition lawyers in all the top legal directories.  He is a frequently published author on competition law and regulatory subjects including a book of which he is lead author on competition law and intellectual property in the pharmaceuticals sector.

Richard is the immediate past-Chairman of The Law Society’s European Group and is an active member of its Committee.