Richard Jenkinson is an England and Wales qualified associate in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is a member of the firm’s antitrust and competition practice group.
Richard has extensive experience across a wide range of antitrust issues, including merger control, civil and criminal cartel enforcement, permitted restrictions of competition, abuses of dominance and State aid/Subsidy Control. Richard has particular expertise advising on research and development collaborations, complex mergers and government subsidies.
A recent joiner at Gibson Dunn, Richard spent over seven years at his previous firm advising on various antitrust matters. He advised in relation to the UK and EU notifications in the Korean Air/Asiana, eventually cleared with remedies in both jurisdictions as well as in-depth UK Phase 2 investigations into the Menzies/Airline Services and Ecolab/Holchem mergers. Richard also advised in relation to Eisai’s development of Lecanemab in collaboration with Biogen: a game-changing drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s. Richard has also advised government and the private sector extensively on State aid and the new UK Subsidy Control Act.*
Richard also gained rare experience advising on UK criminal cartel enforcement at his previous firms, having advised Consolis, the parent company of Stanton Bonna following the arrest of the latter’s chief executive for the cartel offence: from the dawn raid itself through to the final closure of the case several years later, as part of the team which secured a discount from the eventual fine for leniency and cooperation which was then-unprecedented in the UK.*
Richard was also seconded to the UK competition authority, providing legal advice to Phase 1 merger case teams. Among other cases, Richard worked on the CD&R/Morrisons supermarket merger, the NortonLifeLock/Avast cybersecurity merger and the Parker Hannifin/Meggitt aviation parts merger. *
*Some of these representations occurred prior to Richard’s association with Gibson Dunn.
Capabilities
- Antitrust and Competition
- Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
- Fashion, Retail, and Consumer Products
- Government Contracts
- Life Sciences
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Sports Law
- Technology Litigation
- Technology Transactions
- Transportation and Space
Credentials
Education:
- King's College London - 2014 Postgrad Dip. European Law
- City University London - 2007 Graduate Diploma in Law
- BPP Law School - 2007 Bar Vocational Course
- Pembroke College - University of Cambridge - 2005 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- England & Wales - Solicitor