Paul Hughes

Paul Hughes is European Competition Counsel in Steptoe’s Brussels office. Mr Hughes’ practice focuses on UK and EU merger control and preparing and advising on merger notifications with the EU Commission and OFT. He frequently advises on competition law aspects of collaborative and cooperative joint ventures, agency distribution, and licensing, and he works with specialist strategy consultants on technology licensing and distribution matters. Mr Hughes has a longstanding career in the academic community, and he is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Essex.