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Hogan Lovells advises Ford on New Fleet Management Business in Europe with ALD Automotive
20 July 2020
Mark Jones
Email mark.jones@hoganlovells.com
Phone +44 20 7296 2428 (London) +32 2 505 0940 (Brussels)
Fax +44 20 7296 2001 (London) +32 2 505 0996 (Brussels)
LanguagesEnglish
Practice groupGlobal Regulatory
Clients describe him as "clear, very knowledgeable, straightforward and pragmatic"
Chambers UK, 2019
Mark has 25 years' experience advising on complex and high-profile competition/antitrust issues. He focuses on obtaining competition clearances for M&A transactions and joint ventures, and representing clients in cartel, monopoly, and market investigations. He is equally at home advising on UK, EU and multi-jurisdictional matters.
Mark also regularly advises on issues relating to the economic regulation of utilities, the EU state aid rules, and the public procurement rules.
Mark understands what makes regulators tick. His experience includes a secondment to the Office of Fair Trading, the then lead UK competition authority, and he has acted for a number of UK regulators with concurrent competition/antitrust powers.
Sectors in which Mark has particular experience include financial institutions, energy/infra, and consumer/retail. He is a recognised competition lawyer in the legal directories, including Chambers and Legal 500.
Awards and recognitions
2019-2020
Competition
Chambers UK
2018-2019
Competition Law (UK)
Chambers Global
2017-2018
Competition: Future Leaders
Who's Who Legal
2017-2019
Competition
Who's Who Legal
Competition/European law
Chambers
Public Procurement
Chambers
Public Procurement
Who's Who Legal
EU and Competition
Legal 500
Education and admissions
Education
University of Oxford, St Catherine's College
Memberships
Advisory Board, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Competition Law Forum
City of London Solicitors' Society
Bar admissions and qualifications
Solicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, Republic of Ireland
Representative experience
Acting for Anschutz Entertainment Group to secure EUMR and UK (referral back) merger control clearance for the establishment of ASM Global, its worldwide joint venture with SMG.
Advising ITV on the creation of BritBox, the UK streaming service joint venture with the BBC.
Advising The Crown Estate in relation to Round 4 offshore wind leasing.
Representing News Corp in connection with the CMA's phase II merger investigation into the proposed 21st Century Fox / Sky merger.
Representing TSB in the CMA market investigation into UK retail banking.
Acting for ARRIS Group in its $2.1bn takeover of Pace plc.
Acting for UK energy regulator OFGEM in its successful defence before the CMA of appeals by Northern Powergrid and British Gas against its RIIO-ED1 price control decisions.
Latest thinking and events
Hogan Lovells Publications
State aid, Brexit and COVID-19 Brexit: hub
06 July 2020
Hogan Lovells Publications
Antitrust, competition, and economic regulation quarterly newsletter - Spring 2020
Spring 2020
Hogan Lovells Publications
UK merger control: Public health emergencies and foreign takeover scrutiny
29 June 2020
Hogan Lovells Publications
State aid rules applicable to COVID-19 recapitalizations Antitrust and Competition
13 May 2020
Hogan Lovells Publications
Acquisition of businesses in financial difficulty as a result of COVID-19: Do buyers still need to wait for prior antitrust/competition clearance?
29 April 2020
