Gavin Robert
Senior Consultant
Bio
Before joining Euclid Law as a Senior Consultant, Gavin Robert was a partner in Linklaters Competition/Antitrust Department for 14 years. Gavin retired as a partner in 2013 to become a Panel Member at the UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) (and previously the UK Competition Commission), where he decided complex merger, market and antitrust cases for five years until March 2018.
Gavin has expertise across the full breadth of EU and UK competition law, including mergers, joint ventures, cartels, agreements, information exchange, abuse of a dominant position and State aid. He also has experience of a wide range of sectors, including in particular healthcare, natural resources and financial services.
Gavin also teaches competition law as part of the Masters programme at Cambridge University. Since 2013 until joining Euclid, Gavin was a part-time consultant with Linklaters.
In addition to EU and UK competition law, Gavin has considerable experience of other jurisdictions around the world, especially China and Hong Kong where he led the development of Linklaters’ competition practice for a number of years. Gavin was listed in GCR’s 40 under 40 Competition Lawyers and has been consistently ranked in Tier 1 for Competition in most leading directories, including Chambers and Legal 500.
Experience
- Watson/Actavis, Total/Novatek/Yamal LNG, Rio Tinto/Alcan, Ineos/BP Innovene, SmithKline Beecham/Block Drug, Glaxo Wellcome/SmithKline Beecham, BP/Mobil JV in relation to EU merger control clearances and Phase 1 investigations
- J&J/Synthes, BHP Billiton/Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton/Rio Tinto Iron Ore JV, Ineos/BP Dormagen, BP/Veba Oelin relation to EU merger control clearances and Phase 2 investigations
- Kemira/Terra JV, Halifax/Bank of Scotland, JPMorgan/Cazenove, IDH/ADP dental merger, AS Watson/The Perfume Shop, Network Rail/Railtrack in relation to UK merger control clearances
- UK pharmaceutical company in relation to a CMA investigation into excessive pricing
- Global pharmaceutical company in relation to the CMA’s pay for delay paroxetine investigation
- Global natural resources company on a European Commission cartel investigation
- BT in relation to the European Commission investigation into the BT Pension Guarantee, and BT property tax, including subsequent appeals before the European Court
- ABI on the Flood Re insurance scheme,
- Multiple infrastructure projects including Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Rion-AntirionBridge, Oresund Bridge, Athens Ring Road
- Advising on market studies, market investigations and sector inquiries, including UK wholesale banking market study, equity underwriting market study, LPG market investigation, EU pharmaceutical and energy sector enquiries
Includes matters handled at Euclid or prior to joining the firm.
Education
Licence Spéciale, Institut d’Etudes Européennes, Université Libre de Bruxelles (1990)
LLB, University of Cambridge (1988)
Admissions
England & Wales
Languages
English, French
Contact Details
m: +44 7471 930295