Philipp Girardet
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Competition Law
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About
Provided by Philipp Girardet
Practice Areas
Philipp Girardet, Chair of the European Competition Practice Group, advises on a broad range of EU and UK competition law issues, including complex merger and cartel matters. Philipp also has an active EU and UK competition compliance and competition litigation practice across a wide spectrum of industry sectors, including industrials, consumer goods, digital platforms / e-commerce, financial services, telecoms, media, music, pharma and transport. He also advises on UK criminal cartel offence matters. He was the Deputy Director of the Cartel Investigations division at the UK Competition Authority (then the Office of Fair Trading) and the Co-Chair of the Leniency Working Group of the European Competition Network (ECN) from 2005 to 2007.
Personal
Oxford University, Jesus College, PPE, 1994; College of Law (London), 1998.
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Chambers Review
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Philipp Girardet assists clients with merger clearance mandates, including advising them on phase II reviews by the CMA. He also represents clients in CMA investigations into possible breaches of competition law, as well as acting for complainants on allegations of anti-competitive behaviour by competitors. He heads the firm's UK and European competition practices.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Philipp Girardet is an excellent, well-spoken and pragmatic competition lawyer."
"Philipp Girardet has deep expertise with a commercial view. He delivers very pragmatic advice."
"He is great in a crisis and super pragmatic. When you take risks, you need him."
"He is really responsive on short notice and able to answer questions and provide practical advice."
"Philipp Girardet is an excellent, well-spoken and pragmatic competition lawyer."
"Philipp Girardet has deep expertise with a commercial view. He delivers very pragmatic advice."
"He is great in a crisis and super pragmatic. When you take risks, you need him."
"He is really responsive on short notice and able to answer questions and provide practical advice."
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