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John Ratliff

Henderson Chambers (London)

Barrister

John Ratliff works as a Barrister at Henderson Chambers. He is a retired partner of WilmerHale’s and was based in their Brussels office where he worked in their Regulatory and Government Affairs Department. He is a member of the Antitrust and Competition and European Regulatory Practice Groups. He joined the firm in 1999. Mr. Ratliff has practised EC Competition law for more than 30 years, dealing with all aspects of EU competition law. He has handled matters involving Phase 1 and 2 EU merger control, cartel and other infringement defenses, abuse of dominance and competition remedies before the European Commission, national courts and the European Courts. Mr. Ratliff has worked for clients in numerous sectors, including energy (gas and electricity), maritime pipelay, metal (steel and copper), heavy machinery, sport, telecoms, financial services (payment cards), pharma, aircraft manufacture, aviation and retail/consumer goods.

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Nominee, 2013 Antitrust Writing Awards: Business, Unilateral Conduct

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John Ratliff Unilateral conduct in the energy sector: An overview of EU and national case law

31 March 2022 1153

This foreword provides an overview of the practice of the European Commission (EC) and European national competition authorities (NCAs) as regards the application of competition rules to unilateral conduct in the energy sector. It is based mainly on cases reported in e-Competitions. The reference period for this latest update is July 2020 to October 2021. We look at the way that the EC, NCAs and national courts have been applying Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), or its national equivalents since Regulation 1/2003. It will be seen that the competition rules have been used extensively across Europe in support of liberalisation and promotion of cross-border trade in energy.

John Ratliff Unilateral conduct in the energy sector: An overview of EU and national case law

26 November 2020 2360

This foreword provides an overview of the practice of the European Commission (“EC”) and European national competition authorities (“NCAs”) as regards the application of competition rules to unilateral conduct in the energy sector. It is based mainly on cases reported in e-Competitions (abbreviated here to “e-C”). There are more than 120 cases covered, including national court judgments and investigations, which were started, settled or did not result in a decision. The reference period for this latest update is July 2019 to July 2020.

John Ratliff, Anne Vallery, Christian Duvernoy, Frédéric Louis, Cormac O’Daly The European Competition Network and individual EU Member State publishes statements in response to antitrust enforcement due to the COVID-19 outbreak

23 March 2020 312

The European Competition Network of the 27 EU Member State Antitrust Authorities (the ‘ECN’), several individual EU Member State antitrust authorities, the UK’s antitrust authority and Norway’s government have issued statements in response to antitrust enforcement and COVID-19, focusing on (...)

Hans-Georg Kamann, Frédéric Louis, Christian Duvernoy, Anne Vallery, John Ratliff The EU Commission issues a communication recalling the various options for Member States that are within the rules and adopts a Temporary Framework for support measures to help with the effects of COVID-19 in order to prevent unfair distortions of competition and trade within the EU’s internal market

13 March 2020 440

The COVID-19 crisis is first and foremost a health issue, as governments around the world seek to limit and treat its effects and save lives. However, it is also an immediate economic and social issue, as companies and individuals strive to deal with its effects on their livelihoods—from (...)

John Ratliff Unilateral conduct in the energy sector: An overview of EU and national case law

3 October 2019 165

This foreword provides an overview of the practice of the European Commission (“EC”) and European national competition authorities (“NCAs”) as regards the application of competition rules to unilateral conduct in the energy sector. It is based mainly on cases reported in e-Competitions (abbreviated here to “e- C”). There are more than 120 cases covered, including national court judgments and investigations, which were started, settled or did not result in a decision. The reference period for this latest update is May 2018 to June 2019.

John Ratliff, Roberto Grasso Unilateral conduct in the energy sector: An overview of EU and national case law

12 July 2018 2966

This foreword provides an overview of the practice of the European Commission and European national competition authorities as regards unilateral conduct in the energy sector. It is based mainly on cases reported in e-Competitions. There are more than 120 cases covered, including national court judgments and investigations, which were started, settled or did not result in a decision.

Frédéric Louis, John Ratliff, Thomas Mueller The European Commission publishes a legislative proposal enabling cartel defendants to enter into settlement discussions with the Commission in exchange for earlier certainty about the level of fines

26 October 2007 377

The Commission has published a legislative proposal to allow it to deal more rapidly with cartel cases. The proposal would enable cartel defendants to enter into settlement discussions with the Commission in exchange for earlier certainty about the level of fines and a yet unspecified (...)

Claus-Dieter Ehlermann, John Ratliff The EU Court of Justice rules on the standard of judicial review in merger cases and clarifies the burden of proof upon the Commission in conglomerate mergers cases (Tetra Laval / Sidel)

15 February 2005 863

On 15 February 2005, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dismissed the European Commission’s appeal in the Tetra Laval/Sidel merger case. The ECJ’s judgment establishes two signiﬁcant principles that apply beyond the facts of this particular case: • The judgment conﬁrms that the Court of (...)