Jason Beer has extensive experience advising on UK, EU, and international competition laws, including complex multijurisdictional merger control, anticompetitive conduct, and dominance matters. Jason also regularly advises clients on the United Kingdom's national security and investment regime.
Jason's recent experience includes advising Ubisoft on its agreement with Activision and Microsoft giving it the cloud streaming rights for all existing and current Activision titles, Greystar on the joint acquisition of Student Roost, Macquarie on the acquisition of Beauparc Utilities, and Koch Industries in the recommended all cash offer for Morrison Supermarkets. Jason also regularly advises clients in antitrust conduct issues, having conducted a number of significant internal compliance inquiries in recent years, and assists clients with investigations by authorities in the United Kingdom and EU.
The Legal 500 has recognized Jason as a "key lawyer" for EU and competition law, recommending him for "his extensive experience advising on UK, EU and international competition law issues, including complex multi-jurisdictional merger control matters." He is also recommended for "his knowledge of the UK NSI regime." In addition, Jason has been recognized for competition law annually in The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom since 2022.
Jason leads the Firm's LGBTQ+ Affinity Group in the United Kingdom, and throughout his career has provided pro bono legal services on a diverse range of projects including acting for asylum seekers, assisting NGOs (non-governmental organizations) pursue modern slavery regulatory reforms, and advising developing Pacific Island nations on regulatory reforms under the auspices of World Bank programs.
Expérience
- March 14, 2024
Navigating Regulatory Challenges in M&A: Strategies for Compliance and Complexity Management, panelist, Legal 500 Corporate & M&A Summit 2024 - February 16, 2023
American Bar Association: International Careers in Antitrust - Perspectives from Practitioners - August 4, 2014
Opportunities & Risks: Competition Law Developments in the Asia-Pacific
"Efficient and knowledgeable" whom clients describe as providing "great client service."The Legal 500
- University of Melbourne (Postgraduate Diploma in Competition and Consumer Law 2015); Australian National University (P.L.T. 2012); University of Canberra (LL.B. 2011; B.Com. 2011)
- Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, Supreme Court of New South Wales, High Court of Australia, and High Court of New Zealand
- Senior Investigations Officer, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2011-2013); Investigator, Commonwealth Ombudsman (2010-2011); Senior Policy Officer, Federal Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (2010-2011)
The Legal 500 (2023): "key lawyer" for EU and competition law
The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom (2022 and 2023): competition law