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Deirdre Taylor

Deirdre
Taylor

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dtaylor2@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+44 (0)20 7071 4274

FAX:+44 (0)20 7070 9274

London

Telephone House, 2-4 Temple Avenue, London, EC4Y 0HB United Kingdom

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PRACTICE

Antitrust and Competition Betting and Gaming Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Deirdre Taylor is an English law partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the antitrust and competition practice.

Ms. Taylor’s practice encompasses the full range of antitrust issues, including cartel investigations, merger control, and abuse of dominance. Ms. Taylor has provided antitrust advice to clients across a number of industries, including: telecommunications, aviation, financial services, oil and gas, engineering, retail, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing. Since joining Gibson Dunn, she has counselled clients such as UBS, Asda, Gala Coral, Energizer, Marriott Hotels, William Hill, Debenhams and a number of leading technology companies.

Ms. Taylor’s recent experience in relation to cartel investigations includes defending a multi-national corporation in connection with worldwide antitrust and regulatory investigations in the financial sector and advising a client in the consumer goods sector in relation to a national, and potentially EU-wide, cartel investigation. Recent merger experience includes obtaining UK clearance in the engineering sector, UK clearance for a high-profile retail merger, and EC clearance for a merger in the electronics distribution sector.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Taylor spent 5 years at the UK competition authority, most recently as Assistant Director of the Cartels and Criminal Enforcement Group. In this role, she was the project director responsible for a number of civil cartel investigations in the aviation, basic manufacturing and agricultural sectors. Ms. Taylor was responsible for the authority’s investigation into collusion between British Airways and Virgin in relation to air passenger fuel surcharges on long-haul flights. Ms. Taylor was also heavily involved in policy developments relating to the UK’s criminal cartel regime. Ms. Taylor also previously practiced with WilmerHale on a wide-ranging competition law, telecommunications and aviation. She also served in the European Commission as Stagiaire with the Information Technology and Consumer Electronics Unit of DG Competition.

Ms. Taylor is ranked for Competition Law in Chambers UK 2023, Chambers Global 2022 and Chambers Europe 2022, clients describe her as “very smart, on top of her subject and exceptionally user-friendly” and “unbelievably clever, always on top of the detail, and has very good judgement”.  In the previous edition, she is described as having “an eye on all the detail and…the perfect partner”. She is also recognised for EU and Competition Law in Legal 500 UK 2023.

Ms. Taylor is a member of the IBA Cartels Working Group. She is assistant editor of “Faull & Nikpay: The EC Law of Competition,” one of the leading practitioner texts in the antitrust and competition law field. She was also part of the team who won the ‘Innovation in legal expertise: enabling business growth’ category at the 2017 FT European Innovative Lawyer Awards.

Recent publications

  • GCR Know-How – Immunity, Sanctions & Settlements 2016 – European Union Ali Nikpay, Deirdre Taylor and Attila Borsos
  • The EU Damages Directive: Of Promontories and Whirlpools Patrick Doris and Deirdre Taylor, Cartel & Joint Conduct Review Spring 2015
  • The New UK Competition Regime: Radically Different or More of the Same? Ali Nikpay and Deirdre Taylor, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2014 5 (5): 278-286

Representative Experience

  • Civil cartel investigations, from initial leniency applications and ‘dawn raids’, through the investigative stages to final decision, including settlement. In particular, responsibility for the investigation into collusion between BA and VAA in relation to air passenger fuel surcharges and settlement with BA. Representation of a multi-national corporation in connection with worldwide antitrust and regulatory investigations in the financial sector.
  • Wide-ranging conduct-related practice, covering Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and CA98, in sectors such as fast moving consumer goods, hospitality, utilities, aviation and telecommunications/media.
  • Wide-ranging merger practice, including before the European Commission, UK CMA and national authorities worldwide, first and second phase merger proceedings. High profile merger deals worked on include Ladbrokes/Coral, Asda/Sainsbury’s, Alcatel/Lucent* and Tetra Laval/Sidel*.

*Includes experience gained prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

EDUCATION

University College Dublin - 1996 Master of Laws (LL.M.)

University College - Cork (NUI Cork) - 1995 Bachelor of Civil Law

ADMISSIONS

England & Wales - Solicitor

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Firm News - March 16, 2023 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2023
Firm News - October 20, 2022 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2023
Firm News - March 17, 2022 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2022
Article - January 14, 2022 | Private Equity in the UK (England and Wales): Overview
Firm News - October 21, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2022
Client Alert - October 7, 2021 | UK CMA Adopts Green Claims Code and Consults on Environmental Sustainability: Time for a Compliance Review
Client Alert - September 8, 2021 | UK Government Issues Further Updates on National Security Regime: A Comprehensive State of Play for Investors
Client Alert - April 2, 2021 | Significant Change in European Commission Merger Control Policy: Pharma and Digital Deals to Face Uncertainty and Additional Scrutiny in Europe
Firm News - March 19, 2021 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2021
Client Alert - January 5, 2021 | EU Consults on New EU Competition Policy for Distribution Agreements
Client Alert - November 18, 2020 | The UK’s New National Security Regime
Article - October 30, 2020 | Private equity in the UK (England and Wales): market and regulatory overview
Firm News - October 23, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2021
Webcasts - May 6, 2020 | Webcast: Pharma, Medical Device, and Biotech Antitrust Update: New Developments and What They Mean
Webcasts - April 14, 2020 | COVID-19 UK Weekly Webinar – April 14, 2020
Client Alert - March 24, 2020 | European Competition Regulators Publish Guidance on COVID-19 Enforcement Policies and UK Amends Competition Legislation
Firm News - March 16, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers Europe 2020
Firm News - October 10, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2020
Client Alert - February 1, 2018 | 2017 Year-End United Kingdom White Collar Crime Update
Client Alert - July 18, 2017 | 2017 Mid-Year United Kingdom White Collar Crime Update
Client Alert - January 11, 2017 | 2016 Year-End United Kingdom White Collar Crime Update
Client Alert - January 10, 2017 | 2016 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - September 22, 2016 | 2016 Mid-Year United Kingdom White Collar Crime Update
Client Alert - July 11, 2016 | 2016 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - February 1, 2016 | 2015 Year-End United Kingdom White Collar Crime Update
Client Alert - January 7, 2016 | 2015 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - July 13, 2015 | 2015 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - March 11, 2015 | 2015 Antitrust Merger Enforcement Update and Outlook
Client Alert - January 8, 2015 | 2014 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - November 14, 2014 | The EU Adopts the Damages Directive: The Emergence of an EU Level Playing Field in Private Antitrust Actions
Client Alert - July 10, 2014 | 2014 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - May 1, 2014 | 2013 Antitrust Enforcement Update: Part 2 (Europe)
Client Alert - January 9, 2014 | 2013 Year-End Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
Client Alert - September 1, 2013 | 2013 Criminal Antitrust Update
Client Alert - July 11, 2013 | 2013 Mid-Year Criminal Antitrust and Competition Law Update
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