England - South West • Corporate and commercial
Burges Salmon LLP
At Burges Salmon LLP, the competition practice remains a popular choice from a wide range of clients stemming from the retail, transport, healthcare, and technology sectors. The firm is able to advise on the full breadth of EU and competition matters and counts areas such as merger control work, compliance issues and antitrust litigation among its strengths. Practice head Chris Worrall has a strong track record with regard to antitrust issues, while John Houlden focuses on state aid and subsidy control work. Anti-competitive agreements, economic regulatory matters, and merger controls form part of director Noel Beale‘s advisory work portfolio.
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‘Hands on, experienced and knowledgeable.’
‘Shachi Nathdwarawala: experienced and knowledgeable, good to work with. Chris Worrall: very experienced and efficient.’
- 'Very knowledgeable and experienced in this area. Practical advice.’
‘The team is excellent. They come with my strongest recommendation. Always excellent advice.’
‘They're just a fantastic group of individuals. One of the things I like the most is that the quality is always excellent no matter who I deal with.’
'Partner Chris Worrall is excellent. He has a huge amount of experience across a range of sectors and issues. His approach is always measured and calm. Senior associate Shachi Nathdwarawala is also excellent. She has a great understanding of client needs and maintains strong relationships with in-house counsel and other senior client stakeholders.'
'Clear, practical competition law advice. A real understanding of what the client is trying to achieve commercially and how competition law fits in with that.'
Key clients
- DHL
- Co-operative Group Limited
- Spire Healthcare
- Department for Transport – Office for Zero Emissions Vehicles
- ComfortDelGro and Braddell Limited
- Alten
- UK Research and Innovation
- Fido Tech
- Loop Interiors
- Embark Group
Work highlights
- Secured CMA clearance for DHL in relation to its €1.5bn acquisition of global freight forwarding group Hillebrand.
- Advised ComfortDelGro (owners of Metroline and Scottish Citylink) in relation to its acquisition from Stagecoach Group plc of inter-city coach businesses including Megabus.
- Advised Spire Healthcare on its acquisition of Claremont Hospital
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Advises on procurement, subsidy control/state aid, projects, competition and regulatory issues on a number of major projects. Clients include the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Eurostar, FirstGroup, the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Ofcom, Affinity Water, Department for Education, Environment Agency, United Kingdom Research and Innovation, Babcock, Ministry of Justice, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and UK Atomic Energy Authority.
Chris Worrall is a partner and head of the competition team at Burges Salmon. Chris has worked on numerous high profile antitrust matters and specialises in all aspects of UK and EU competition law, including antitrust investigations, cartels, abuse of market power, and merger control. Chris has extensive experience across a range of sectors, including financial services, media, transport, healthcare and retail.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Chris Worrall