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Neil A. Baylis

Partner
+44.(0)20.7360.8140
Fax +44.(0)20.7648.9001

Neil is a partner in the Antitrust and Trade Regulation, and the Telecom, Media and Technology practice groups. He has experience in advising clients on all aspects of EU and UK competition law. His work covers merger control; bringing and defending competition law based complaints before the regulators; drafting and implementing compliance programs; drafting and advising on commercial agreements; advising on regulatory issues under EU laws, advising on consumer law issues; and advising on litigating competition law issues before the English courts. He has advised on major cases in the following industries: automotive; construction materials; fertilisers; subsea cables; travel; media; sport; betting and gaming; beverages; transport; and oil and gas services.

Professional Background

  • Neil qualified as a lawyer in 1994.

Achievements

  • Selected as a 2013 London Super Lawyer

Professional/Civic Activities

  • Law Society's Solicitor's European Group (Member)
  • British Institute of International and Comparative Law (Member)

Speaking Engagements

  • "EU Competition Law: Best Practices", Client Seminar, Moscow, January 2012
  • "Hotel pricing and the OFT" HOSPACE Conference, November 2011
  • "Pricing Issues in The Travel Sector," ETOA Seminar, November 2008
  • "Competition Law Issues and D&O Liabilities", client seminar, November 2006
  • "Competition issues surrounding the exploitation of sporting data," client seminar, September 2005

Additional Information

  • Author of vertical agreements and IP competition law sections of LexisNexis PSL Service 
  • Author of merger control chapter of Tolley's Company Law
  • Author of  the competition law and trade marks chapters in Croner's Europe loose-leaf publication and contributes regular case law updates to that publication
  • Monthly contributions to Croner's Europe Newsletter
  • Articles published in numerous other legal publications including Legal Week, the E-commerce Law Reports, the World Sports Law Report, Global Competition Review and the Lawtel Competition Bulletin
  • Article published in trade press including Airline Business, Automotive Management, Motor Industry Magazine, Trade and Transport News, Road Transport Briefing, and The Caterer
  • Advising CRH Plc on the Tarmac/Lafarge joint venture
  • Advising Eurochem on its acquisition of the K&S Nitrogen fertiliser business
  • Advising Eurochem on its acquisition of the BASF Antwerp fertiliser business
  • Advising CRH plc on the Competition Commisin's market investigation into cement, aggregates and ready mixed concrete
  • Advising Arena Leisure plc on its merger with Northern Racing
  • Advising Retirement Villages on the OFT investigation into transfer fees
  • Advising Continental AG on merger control issues
  • Advising Subsea Cables UK on all relevant legal issues
  • Advising clients in Europe/USA and Asia on EC and UK cartel investigations
  • Advising Sportech on its acquisition of the Vernons football pools business
  • Advising GWR Group on its acquisition of Galaxy 101 FM including drafting submissions to the OFT
  • Advising Halliburton on its acquisition of PSL Energy Services including drafting submissions to the OFT
  • Advising OSI on its acquisition of the Spacelabs Medical business including gaining consent from the European Commission and enforcing remedies imposed on third parties
  • Drafting commercial agreements for companies such as Omya, Inchcape, The Wine Group, World Wrestling Entertainment, Norbord, Holiday Extras, and Orange-Glo International
  • Obtaining OFT clearance for Norbord Ltd's acquisition of the Genk Mill
  • Advising Johnston Press plc in the context of three separate Competition Commission inquiries into newspaper acquisitions
  • Drafting and implementing compliance programmes for Teledyne, National Express Plc, Subsea Cables, HMV, KLM and others
  • Advising La Seda de Barcelona on merger control issues
  • Advising the Body Shop Repair Industry on reform of the UK body repair industry
  • Advising Rangers Football Club on the legality of the Scottish Premier League Rules
  • Advising T-Mobile on competition law issues relating to sponsorship
  • Advising Hanson and others on the Commercial Agents Regulations
  • Advising Beam Global, CBS Outdoor and Norbord on competition law and trade agreements