James Ashe-Taylor

• Representing Zoopla in its acquisition of Digital Property Group.
• Representing Vivendi in its acquisition of See Tickets.
• Representing Ticketmaster in its merger with Live Nation.
• Representing Delta Air Lines in the investigation of the SkyTeam Alliance by the European Commission. 
• Advising a Japanese client in the marine-hose cartel investigation.
• Representing a major U.S. branded goods manufacturer in the OFT investigation of the UK grocery retailing sector.

James Ashe-Taylor focuses his practice on competition law at the European Union level and in the UK. He concentrates on merger control, state aid, and the antitrust aspects of joint ventures, distribution, and agency agreements. 

James has significant experience in European cartel investigations with a private U.S. litigation dimension and has represented companies and individuals in a number of recent prominent cases involving rubber chemicals, grocery retailing, marine hose, and air cargo. He has considerable knowledge of EU payments legislation, is a frequent speaker at FinTech conferences, and mentors startup companies in the FinTech sector. 

Before joining Alston & Bird, James served as partner-in-charge of the antitrust practices for both international and U.S. law firms and spent two years at JP Morgan Inc.

Languages

• French
• German

Bar Admissions

• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
• Ireland

Education

• Inns of Court School of Law (Bar Finals, 1988)
• Oxford University (B.A., M.A., 1987)

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