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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Offices
5 FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7RD
England
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Paul Stone
Work Department
Healthcare, sport, technology, media and telecommunications; EU and competition law.
Position
Paul advises on all aspects of EU and UK competition law. He regularly advises clients on matters such as cartels and other anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance issues, merger control rules and market investigations. He also advises on appeals against decisions by the competition authorities and other regulators. His experience covers a wide range of industry sectors, including technology, media, telecoms, sport, healthcare, retailing, rail and financial services. Prior to joining the firm, Paul worked in-house at ITV, where he was head of legal affairs, regulatory and competition. At ITV, Paul’s responsibility included advising all areas of the business on competition law and communications regulation, as well as having responsibility for all litigation matters across the ITV group. Paul has been involved in a number of recent high-profile cases in the communications sector in the UK, including BSkyB’s stake in ITV and various projects to deliver video-on-demand content through broadband. Experience: advising Celesio on its application for leniency and subsequent cartel investigation by the CMA into the supply of care home medicines; advising Gamma Telecom in relation to appeals to the Competition Appeal Tribunal; advising ITV in relation to the Competition Commission reference of its sale of Friends Reunited to Brightsolid; advising Nike in relation to competition law matters; advising YouView on the competition and regulatory aspects of the launch of its digital television platform.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP fields a team that is well-equipped to assist clients on a broad range of competition law matters. The practice possesses specific expertise representing a number of luxury brands in connection with the overhaul of the UK and EU competition rules on vertical agreements. Senior counsel Paul Stone , who has more than 25 years experience, leads the London team.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Real estate > Planning
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Senior executives
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Employment > Employee share schemes