Competition and Regulated Markets

Richard is Head of the Competition and Regulated Markets Group. He is admitted to practice in Ireland and New York.

He advises on all aspects of EU and Irish competition / antitrust law including investigations and dawn raids by the European Commission and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission of Ireland (CCPC), competition litigation, merger control, competition aspects of commercial agreements and behaviour, EU State aid law, competition compliance programmes, leniency applications, complaints and sectoral studies by regulators. He has been involved in a large proportion of the leading antitrust, merger control, and State aid cases in Ireland over many years.

Admitted to the New York State Bar in 2000 and as a solicitor in Ireland in 2003. Joined Arthur Cox in 2000.

Member of Law Society of IrelandMember of Irish Society for European LawMember of Irish Centre for European LawMember of Association of European LawyersMember of American Bar AssociationMember of International Bar Association

LLB (Trinity College Dublin) 1998; Diploma in Finance Law (Law Society of Ireland) 2003; Diploma in Economics for Competition Law (King’s College London) 2008.