James Mathieson is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice.

James Mathieson advises clients across all areas of UK and EU competition law, including merger control, abuse of dominance, competition compliance, and regulatory matters.

His experience covers several industry sectors including technology, aerospace and defense, and logistics. 

Mr. Mathieson’s experience includes advising:

  • Meta in its acquisition of GIPHY and related UK litigation before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal
  • Fedrigoni in its acquisition of Arjowiggins’ Spanish subsidiary, Guarro Casas
  • Saur on merger control aspects of its acquisition of Veolia’s divested MWS business
  • Viasat on foreign direct investment and merger control aspects of its planned US$7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat 
  • Shift4, a leading provider of integrated payment and technology solutions, on merger control aspects of its US$575 million acquisition of Finaro
  • Epiris on merger control aspects of its acquisition of Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS)
  • NVIDIA in its US$40 billion planned acquisition of Arm
  • Agility on foreign direct investment aspects of its £571 million acquisition of John Menzies
  • One Rock Capital Partners on foreign direct investment aspects of its acquisition of Therm-O-Disc business of Emerson
  • A private equity firm on foreign direct investment aspects of its acquisition of a stake in Wayve 
  • B-Flexion, a private investment firm, on antitrust and foreign direct investment control aspects of its sale of Affidea Group 

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law, King's College London, 2022
    with merit
  • Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, 2019
  • Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, 2018
  • MA (Cantab), Churchill College Cambridge, 2017

Languages Spoken

  • English