Simon Nichols

Project Director, Competition and Markets Authority

Nothing ventured, nothing gained - 10 questions to ask your lawyer when embarking on a joint venture

Posted by: Simon Nichols, Posted on: 25 May 2018 - Categories: Competition law compliance

Joint ventures have a lot of appeal and for good reason. When businesses join forces they can pool goods, services and funds to help them innovate and achieve commercial success that they couldn’t otherwise do alone. This is especially true …

Trade Associations: are you complying with competition law?

Posted by: Simon Nichols, Posted on: 6 March 2018 - Categories: Competition law compliance, Consumer protection

Are you a member of an industry of trade association? If so, you should check you and your association are playing by the right rules. The constitutions, decisions and recommendations of trade associations and how their members behave have …

Better late than never to comply with competition law

Posted by: Simon Nichols, Posted on: 15 July 2015 - Categories: Competition Act 1998 and cartels, Competition law compliance

All businesses must comply with competition law. Putting in place a compliance programme can help you to avoid the risk of breaking the law.