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Manish Das

Manish Das is a shareholder in the London Antitrust Litigation & Competition Regulation team. A highly experienced competition lawyer, Manish has extensive knowledge of virtually all aspects of competition law and policy. He brings together a rare combination of experience having worked in senior roles at the UK’s competition agency (the CMA); in-house, serving as the global head of competition law at Lloyds Banking Group; and in private practice at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he represented clients in the UK and the EU, and advised on many cross-border transactions. Most recently at the CMA, he advised on a wide range of matters currently at the top of the CMA’s enforcement agenda, including in the technology sector, labour markets, and the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. He also worked on developing the CMA’s international agenda by collaborating with competition authorities around the globe.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has marked a significant shift in consumer enforcement by exercising its new fining powers under the DMCC Act for the first time, imposing a £4.2 million penalty on The AA for drip pricing. Businesses targeting UK consumers should take note of this escalating enforcement landscape.
Continue Reading UK Businesses, Take Note: The UK Consumer Law Regulator Exercises New Consumer Enforcement Powers for the First Time

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has increased its focus on how businesses compete for talent, as discussed in our recent GT Alert, “Talent Wars: How Competition Laws Apply to UK Recruitment.”
Continue Reading UK Government Working Paper: Options to Reform Noncompete Clauses in Employment Contracts