Christopher Eberhardt is a partner in the antitrust, regulatory and trade practice
Christopher specialises in EU and UK competition and UK consumer law. He is admitted to practice in both England & Wales and Ireland.
Christopher advises clients on all aspects of competition law, including transaction clearances, cartels, abuse of dominance, market investigations and competition litigation. He has extensive experience advising clients in a wide range of sectors before the UK Competition and Markets Authority, sectoral regulators in the UK (including Ofcom and the FCA), and the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, as well as before the European Commission and European Courts.
Christopher regularly manages merger control and FDI or UK national security clearances for high value, complex and multi-jurisdictional mergers. His behavioural practice covers contentious and non-contentious matters, regularly advising a wide range of clients on competition and market investigations, and competition compliance.
Christopher also practices UK consumer protection law and has experience advising clients on consumer law compliance and enforcement. He is co-editor of the ICLG Consumer Protection Guide.
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