Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French
• Irish

Lawyer Overview

Jarleth Burke represents businesses in the telecommunications, energy, broadcasting, aviation, and financial services sectors on competition issues before the EU, U.K., and Irish competition agencies. He also advises extensively in relation to telecommunications regulation.

Jarleth frequently advises on multijurisdictional merger filings before the European Commission, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in the United Kingdom, and the Competition Authority in Ireland. In 2008, he represented Goodrich Corporation in its aircraft engine control system joint venture with Rolls Royce and ISP in its sale of its alginate business to FMC, both of which were approved by the OFT. In recent years Jarleth has also acted for WL Ross & Co. in respect of merger filings before the European Commission relating to automotive interiors.

From 1994 to 2000, Jarleth was general counsel with ESAT Telecom, a Nasdaq-listed telecommunications operator, where he was responsible for several cases before the European Commission. Subsequently, he worked as head of legal affairs at the Commission for Aviation Regulation in Ireland. There he advised on legal aspects of economic regulation, including the adoption of a system of price caps for airport landing charges.

Jarleth is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and as a barrister in Ireland.

He has spoken at many international conferences on competition law and telecommunications regulation. He is also the Irish correspondent for the Computer & Telecommunications Law Review. Jarleth also is involved in charitable and political work in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
• General Antitrust Counseling
• State Aid
• Telecommunications Regulation
• Telecommunications
• Airlines & Aviation

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Allen & Heath Holdings
• Acquisition of Collins & Aikman's European Operations
• Acquisition of Kos Pharmaceuticals
• Buyout , (2009)
• Buyout
• Devon & Exeter Steeplechases Acquisition
• Joint Venture with Rolls-Royce , (2009)
• Regulatory counsel
• Sale of alginates business to FMC Corporation
• State Aid

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Deceptive Trade Practices, Defense Contracts, Federal Contracts, Government Construction Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Procurement, International Antitrust, International Law, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, RICO Act, State & Municipal Contracts, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition

Bar Admissions

• Bar Council of Ireland
• Law Society of England and Wales

Published Works

• Spurring Competition Among UK Airports, Competition Law360 (http://www.law360.com), 2009
• Antitrust Alert: UK Competition Commission Orders BAA to Sell Three Airports, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: Court Ruling May Limit UK Competition Commission Remedies in Market Investigations, 2009
• European Commission turns the screw on cartels, The Bulletin, 2008
• Antitrust Alert: European Commission Clears Bank Rescue Packages Under State Aid Rules, 2008

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