Paul Hutchinson

Paul Hutchinson joined RBB Economics in 2010 and is a Partner in our London office. Paul has over fifteen years’ experience as a competition economist and has worked on competition matters including mergers, anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance cases and market investigations. Prior to joining RBB Paul worked for the OFT where he led the economic analysis of numerous high-profile merger cases raising horizontal, vertical, and conglomerate issues.

Paul’s experience spans a wide range of sectors, including telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, software services transport, retailing, consumer electronics, and fast-moving consumer goods. Paul is featured in Who’s Who Legal, as a leading expert in the field of competition economics.

In his role as a consultant competition economist, Paul has over 15 years’ experience of advising clients across a wide range of industries and presenting expert economics evidence before numerous competition authorities in the UK and Europe.

Paul’s experience spans a wide range of sectors, including telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, transport, retailing, consumer electronics, and fast-moving consumer goods. Clients he has worked for include Qualcomm, WTW, AkzoNobel, Heineken, Pfizer, Global Radio, Warner Music, iRobot and Taylor Wimpey.

Paul has significant experience advising clients in relation to mergers. Prior to joining RBB, Paul worked for the UK merger regulator (the OFT, now CMA) and since joining RBB has advised on a broad range of UK mergers in industries ranging from retail/local markets to satellite telecommunication services.

Paul has also acted for clients in relation to a wide range of mergers before the European Commission in industries ranging from insurance to pharmaceuticals.

In addition to mergers, Paul has extensive experience acting on litigation matters and market studies with a UK focus. Notable clients include Pfizer, Warner Music, Taylor Wimpey and the UK government.