Noel Beale

I enjoy advising clients across the full spectrum of UK competition law and economic regulatory matters, from the smallest questions to very complex and detailed matters which are business critical. I provide practical and constructive advice that enables clients to get on with achieving their goals, minimising the time and effort they need to spend on the legal process. I have an LLM in European law and an MSc in Economics. Over more than 25 years I have gathered experience advising a wide variety of private and public sector clients in a diverse range of different sectors. I started at Ashurst in London was seconded to the OFT (the predecessor to the Competition and Markets Authority) and spent six years at Ofwat (the water sector regulator with concurrent Competition Act enforcement powers) where I was Director of Legal Services. My interests cover advising clients on: M&A: advising domestic and international clients on obtaining UK merger control and National Security & Investment Act clearances from BEIS (particular expertise includes failing firm assessments, de minimis arguments and local market analysis in the transport, retail and other sectors); Commercial contracts: competition issues arising from contracts such as distribution frameworks and complex joint ventures involving information sharing between competitors; Compliance: implementing effective and tailored competition and regulatory compliance and training programmes for businesses; Investigations (including cartel, antitrust, dominance, market and regulatory investigations): defending clients’ positions, making leniency applications and negotiating commitments to avoid infringement or contravention findings, with a view to minimising fines and other negative consequences including time costs and reputational issues; Regulatory (including price reviews): specialist regulatory matters including compliance with statutory duties (by companies and regulators) and licences, including matters such as infrastructure investment and sustainable urban development particularly in the water sector. Expertise Antitrust & Regulatory Competition & Markets Competition, Regulatory Compliance & Investigations Merger Control & National Security Noel Beale - Partner - Commercial | Michelmores · Michelmores LLP

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Partner in Michelmores LLP's Commercial department with over 25 years' experience advising on UK competition law and economic regulatory matters. He holds an LLM in European Law and an MSc in Economics, and previously worked at Ashurst, was seconded to the OFT and served six years at Ofwat as Director of Legal Services.

Practice areas

Competition / AntitrustRegulatoryMerger ControlCompliance & InvestigationsCorporate / M&ACommercial Contracts

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England

Michelmores LLP · I enjoy advising clients across the full spectrum of UK competition law and economic regulatory matters, from the smallest questions to very complex and detailed matters which are business critical. I provide practical and constructive advice that enables clients to get on with achieving their goals, minimising the time and effort they need to spend on the legal process. I have an LLM in European law and an MSc in Economics. Over more than 25 years I have gathered experience advising a wide variety of private and public sector clients in a diverse range of different sectors. I started at Ashurst in London was seconded to the OFT (the predecessor to the Competition and Markets Authority) and spent six years at Ofwat (the water sector regulator with concurrent Competition Act enforcement powers) where I was Director of Legal Services. My interests cover advising clients on: M&A: advising domestic and international clients on obtaining UK merger control and National Security & Investment Act clearances from BEIS (particular expertise includes failing firm assessments, de minimis arguments and local market analysis in the transport, retail and other sectors); Commercial contracts: competition issues arising from contracts such as distribution frameworks and complex joint ventures involving information sharing between competitors; Compliance: implementing effective and tailored competition and regulatory compliance and training programmes for businesses; Investigations (including cartel, antitrust, dominance, market and regulatory investigations): defending clients’ positions, making leniency applications and negotiating commitments to avoid infringement or contravention findings, with a view to minimising fines and other negative consequences including time costs and reputational issues; Regulatory (including price reviews): specialist regulatory matters including compliance with statutory duties (by companies and regulators) and licences, including matters such as infrastructure investment and sustainable urban development particularly in the water sector. Expertise Antitrust & Regulatory Competition & Markets Competition, Regulatory Compliance & Investigations Merger Control & National Security Noel Beale - Partner - Commercial | Michelmores

England

Expertise

UK merger control and National Security & Investment Act clearances (BEIS)Failing firm assessments and de minimis argumentsLocal market analysis (transport, retail and other sectors)Competition issues in commercial contracts and joint venturesCompetition compliance programmes and trainingCartel, antitrust, dominance and market investigations; leniency applications and negotiating commitmentsRegulatory matters including price reviews, licences, infrastructure investment and sustainable urban development (notably the water sector)

Education

LLM, European Law
MSc, Economics