Rupert Phillips joined the London antitrust department as an associate in 2016. Prior to joining Ropes & Gray, Rupert was an associate at a leading U.S. law firm in their Brussels office. He advises on all aspects of EU and UK competition law.
Rupert’s practice focuses on advising clients on complex antitrust investigations and securing merger control and FDI approvals for transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions. He also has significant experience advising clients on antitrust matters in Asia.
Rupert advises clients across a variety of industries, with a particular focus on leading tech, pharmaceutical, and private equity clients.
Rupert is admitted to the New York State Bar. Rupert has an LL.M. from UC Berkeley School of Law, California, and an LL.B. from the London School of Economics.
Experience
- Advising Nippon Steel Corporation on its ~$14 billion bid for US Steel.
- Advising in a high profile abuse of dominance investigation in the consumer goods sector.
- Advising a third party in the FTC’s review of Qualcomm’s proposed acquisition of Autotalks.
- Advising a pharmaceutical company in relation to technology licensing and R&D collaboration agreements.
- Advising Takeda in relation to technology licensing and R&D collaboration agreements.
- Advised Bain Capital on its acquisition of Hitachi Metals for $7.5 billion.
- Advised Bain Capital on its acquisition of Evident Corporation.
- Advised Signify Health on its sale to CVS Health for $8 billion.
- Advised Google on its successful dismissal of an investigation into Gmail and Google Meet.
- Advised Google on to various investigations concerning Android, apps, and digital payments.
- Advised Google on various new product developments.
- Advised Google on acquisition of interests in Reliance Jio Platforms for $4.5 billion.
- Advised Bain Capital on its US$18 billion acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation from Toshiba Corporation, by way of a Bain Capital-led consortium including Apple, Seagate Technology, Kingston Technology, Hoya, Dell Technologies and SK Hynix.
- Advised Avista on the antitrust aspects of the sale of Trimb Healthcare to Karo Pharma, cleared subject to divestitures.
- Advised Bain Capital on its acquisition of NGA UK from NGA Human Resources.
- Advised APG in relation to its joint venture with Hines to develop real estate in Ireland.
- Advised NxStage Medical in relation to its acquisition by Fresenius.
- Advised Bain Capital on its acquisition of Asatsu-DK.
- Advised Bain Capital on its purchase of a controlling stake in MKM Building Supplies.
- Represented Vista Equity Partners in their investment, along with TA Associates Management, in Aptean.
- Represented New Mountain Capital in acquiring ACETO Corporation’s chemicals business assets.
- Advised SanDisk in relation to its acquisition by Western Digital.*
- Advised an international health care information and services company to obtain clearance from the European Commission in relation to its acquisition of a related business.*
- Advised Actavis on its acquisition of Allergan for $66 billion to obtain clearance from the European Commission.*
- Advised an international financial institution in relation to investigations by the European Commission concerning LIBOR and EURIBOR.*
- Advised an international financial institution in relation to an investigation by the European Commission concerning credit default swaps.*
*Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray