Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

Competition/Commercial/Corporate and commercial

Andrij is a partner and head of the UK Competition Team. As well as obtaining merger clearances, defending clients under investigation for alleged competition law breaches and counselling clients on a wide variety of competition law issues, he deals with competition damages claims, competition disqualification orders, consumer protection enforcement cases, NSIA filings, state aid/subsidy control, procurement challenges and commercial litigation which involves competition defences or heads of claim.

Cases include Firstgroup/ScotRail Phase II merger clearance, Toys and Games price fixing investigation, Servier – Perindopril pay for delay investigation, Argos & Ors v Samsung Electronics (UK) Limited & Ors competition damages claim, Eurotunnel v Secretary of State for Transport procurement claim, Tempus Energy & Ors v Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy State Aid JR, Rest & Play Footwear Ltd v George Rye & Sons Ltd standalone damages claim.

Trained Slater Heelis; qualified 1989; solicitor, Hammond Suddards 1989; solicitor, Alexander Tatham 1992; solicitor, Simpson Curtis 1994; partner and joint head of Competition Team, Pinsent Curtis April 1999; partner, Burges Salmon 2003; partner, DLA Piper UK November 2008; partner and head of Competition Team, Mishcon de Reya January 2013; partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) April 2018.