Henderson Chambers

EU & Competition law, Commercial law.

John specialises in EU Competition law, offering advice on all types of issue and advocacy in European Commission proceedings.  He has 40 years’ legal experience, having studied or worked in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and France.  John has practised in Brussels since 1986.

For 13 years, with a leading EU boutique, Stanbrook and Hooper.  Then, for 23 years with what is now WilmerHale, a leading American firm, from which he retired in December 2022.  He has dealt with a wide range of competition issues, including: (i) advising companies on compliance issues (e.g., Articles 101 and 102 TFEU); (ii) handling clearance procedures for mergers and acquisitions at the European Commission (EC), including complex ‘Phase 1’ and ‘Phase 2’ clearances with remedies; (iii) opposing mergers and acquisitions, where third parties are prejudiced; (iv) bringing complaints to the EC about anti-competitive practices to obtain remedies; (v) defending companies accused of infringing the EU Competition rules.

He has also assisted companies and their counsel on other EU regulatory issues, notably advice and investigations as regards energy market manipulation and REMIT.

John is a Barrister at the Bar of England and Wales and an avocat at the Brussels Bar.  He is also a member of the International Bar Association and the European Bar Committee.

Clifton College, Bristol, 1975; University College, Oxford, BA (Hons), 1979; Inns of Court School of Law, London, 1980; Young Lawyers’ Programme to Germany, 1981-82 (DAAD Scholarship); University of Amsterdam, Europa Instituut,1982-83 (NUFFIC Scholarship).