Tom Usher Senior Advisor

Senior Advisor
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Tom advises on all aspects of EU and UK competition law including competition compliance, merger clearance (and challenges to merger and other regulatory decisions), the treatment of vertical agreements and abusive practices, cartels and other horizontal agreement between competitors.

Tom also has considerable expertise in advising on sectoral inquiries in relation to financial services, broadcasting markets and the music industry, 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. Tom 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.

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Recent work

PRS

Advising the collecting society PRS for Music on a number of matters, including its dealings with the European Commission and certain confidential litigation matters in the UK.

Major UK bank

Continuing to advise a major UK bank on its dealings with competition regulators around the world in respect of a number of global cartel investigations and follow-on damages litigation.

CHC

Advising global helicopter services operator CHC on its acquisition of the Oil and Gas services business of Babcock and the resulting merger investigation by the CMA (including the operation of a hold separate structure) and the divestment process of the UK part of the business.

Challenging the CMA and other regulators

Advising more generally (and confidentially) on a number of potential challenges to the jurisdiction and decisions of the CMA and other regulators over a numbers of years.

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"Tom Usher is excellent and always charming."

Chambers UK 2023

"He is very experienced, knowledgeable, and explains what you need to know in clear and simple terms."

Chambers UK 2022

"Tom is a leader in his field, and is a master strategist and wordsmith; he is an excellent technician and is finely attuned to the commercial perspective, as well as being a very personable individual."

Chambers UK 2022

"Interviewees say that [Tom] is ‘an absolute class act’ and highlight ‘his experience, sector understanding and commercial perspective’ as key strengths."

Chambers UK 2020