Tom Usher
UK Guide 2025
Senior Statespeople : Competition Law
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Provided by Tom Usher
Practice Areas
Competition
Career
Tom advises on all aspects of EU and UK competition law including competition compliance, merger clearance, the treatment of vertical agreements and abusive practices, cartels and other horizontal agreement between competitors and state aid, acting for financial institutions, retailers, manufacturers, broadcasters, collecting societies and content providers.
Tom has a particular focus on the financial services sector and other regulated industries and has considerable expertise in advising on sectoral inquiries in relation to financial services, broadcasting markets, extended warranties and pricing issues.
He has brought and defended a number of actions based on competition law and wider EU and public law issues, before the UK domestic courts and in Europe and has been involved in leading cases in the betting and gaming and broadcasting sectors dealing with collective selling, exclusive licensing arrangements, database rights and regulatory issues.
Chambers Review
UK
Tom Usher has notable experience in merger clearance mandates, including both phase I and II investigations. He often assists clients with competition compliance matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"We will be forever grateful to him."
"Tom Usher is an extremely capable, well-respected practitioner."
"We will be forever grateful to him."
"Tom Usher is an extremely capable, well-respected practitioner."