Anuj Ghai

Anuj Ghai is a litigation and trial associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins.

Mr. Ghai represents international companies before the European Commission and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority in a wide range of competition law matters, in particular merger control, antitrust litigation, and antitrust compliance. He has extensive experience assisting clients in obtaining UK and EU merger clearance for their transactions. He has also advised clients on behavioral aspects and represented clients in antitrust litigation.

His experience covers several industry sectors including aviation, insurance, life science, packaging, and retail.

Prior to joining Latham as an associate, Mr. Ghai was an intern in the firm’s Corporate and Finance Departments as well as in its competition team.

A selection of his representations includes assisting:

• Electro Rent Corporation in relation to the UK merger filing for its acquisition of Microlease Inc. and the subsequent appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal
• The sellers on the disposal of Method and Ecover global consumer products businesses to US private company SC Johnson
• The Carlyle Group on its joint acquisition with GTCR LLC of Albany Molecular Research, Inc.
• CooperVision in its acquisition of Sauflon Pharmaceuticals
• Werner in its acquisition of Youngman Group
• RPC Group Plc on its acquisition of British Polythene Industries, a UK-based manufacturer of polyethylene film products, sacks, and bags
• A major airline in civil claims in the English High Court for damages in the global Air Cargo cartel
• A major insurance company in relation to its global competition compliance and training program

• CMA COVID-19 Update: Recent Measures to Protect Consumers  -  July 14, 2020
• CMA Publishes COVID-19 Taskforce Update for July -  July 08, 2020
• CMA Investigates Hand Sanitiser Pricing Practices -  June 23, 2020
• CMA Publishes Register of Competition Law Exclusion Orders Relating to COVID-19 -  June 16, 2020
• Latest COVID-19 Taskforce Update Sets Out CMA’s Response to Principal Areas of Concern -  May 22, 2020
• CMA COVID-19 Taskforce to Investigate Unfair Cancellation and Refund Practices -  May 01, 2020
• CMA COVID-19 Taskforce Update Shows Areas of Concern -  April 28, 2020
• CMA Launches Online Service for Reporting COVID-19-Related Unfair Commercial Practices -  April 07, 2020
• Competition Law in the Energy Sector: What to Look Out For in 2020 -  March 16, 2020
• Competition Law and Online Sales Restrictions: UK Court of Appeal Judgment in Ping -  March 13, 2020
• No-Poach Prosecutions: A Growing Problem for M&A Deal Teams? -  January 30, 2020
• Land Agreements and Competition Law: Lessons From Recent CMA Guidance -  January 09, 2019
• CMA Imposes Fixed Penalty on Hungryhouse for Failure to Comply With Information Request -  December 07, 2017