Greg Bonné advises clients on a range of antitrust and competition litigation matters, and he has considerable experience in merger control matters. He is a Solicitor Advocate with higher rights of audience in the senior courts of England and Wales.

Greg guides international private equity firms, their portfolio companies, and other private and public companies on a wide range of UK and EU competition issues, including:

  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) initial enforcement orders
  • Market studies and investigations
  • Antitrust investigations
  • Foreign investment control
  • Competition litigation and judicial review

He leverages a comprehensive understanding of the UK merger control regime and extensive experience navigating cross-jurisdictional parallel reviews involving the US Department of Justice / US Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission, and the CMA to help clients identify and mitigate intervention risk.

Before joining Latham, Greg worked for more than five years at the CMA as an Assistant Director of Mergers and Phase 2 Project Director, where he coordinated over 100 UK merger control investigations and served on the Mergers Intelligence Committee.

He has appeared before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal in England and Wales.

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • LPC, College of Law, York, 2008
  • GDL, College of Law, York, 2007
  • BA (Hons) History, York University, 2006

Languages Spoken

  • English