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Peter Broadhurst

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Overview

Peter Broadhurst is a partner based in Crowell & Moring’s London office and is a member of the Antitrust and Competition Group. His practice focuses on advising companies on U.K. and EU competition law covering a range of sectors, including TMT, financial services, energy and infrastructure, industrial, and consumer goods. He advises on matters in front of the European Commission, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority and the U.K. sectoral regulators, as well as managing processes in front of competition regulators in other jurisdictions.

He is an experienced counsellor, assisting clients with all aspects of competition and antitrust law and has particular experience in the issues arising from mergers, acquisitions, structural joint ventures, and cooperation agreements, obtaining merger approval decisions where necessary. He also advises clients on cartel investigations, abuse of dominance (acting both for the allegedly dominant and for those claiming abuse), and distribution arrangements; and, more generally, counsels clients on how to manage competition law and antitrust risk and operate their businesses successfully and profitably whilst remaining in compliance with the rules and avoiding cartel liability.

Peter has advised on numerous U.K. market studies and market investigation references, as well as EU sector enquiries.

He also navigates clients through the growing number of foreign direct investment rules in Europe and the U.K.

Peter has been recognized by The Legal 500 for his EU and Competition work in the U.K., with clients noting that he "has significant experience in the TMT sector." Additionally, Who’s Who Legal (2020 and 2021) lists him as a Future Leader for Competition.

Career & Education

    • The University of Manchester, LL.B., English law and French law, 1994
    • University College London, LL.M., 1996
    • The University of Manchester, LL.B., English law and French law, 1994
    • University College London, LL.M., 1996

    • England and Wales
    • Ireland
    • Brussels
    • England and Wales
    • Ireland
    • Brussels

    • French
    • Italian
    • Spanish
    • Portuguese
    • German
    • French
    • Italian
    • Spanish
    • Portuguese
    • German

Peter's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.10.25

Litigation Funding Waterfalls Are Compliant Post-PACCAR (UK)

In a previous client alert on a recent Civil Justice Council (“CJC”) report on litigation funding in England and Wales we discussed the issue of whether payment waterfalls providing funders with payment priority are compliant with the Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2013 (“DBA Regulations”), the issue being a matter to be heard on appeal in June 2025. Funders will be pleased to hear that the answer is “yes”. The Court of Appeal has held that the DBA Regulations focuses on whether a funding agreement determines the amount of a funder’s fees by reference to the damages awarded to the successful litigant. The fact that a funder may receive its fees from the proceeds is not enough in itself for the arrangement to fall under the DBA Regulations....

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Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.10.25

Litigation Funding Waterfalls Are Compliant Post-PACCAR (UK)

Client Alert | 8 min read | 06.06.25

Litigation Funding Reforms: Clarity for UK Funders and Litigants Post-PACCAR

Webinar | 05.13.25

Sustainability and Competition Law—The Transatlantic Divide

Speaking Engagement | 05.13.25

"Sustainability and Competition Law—The Transatlantic Divide," Crowell & Moring Webinar.

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Peter's Insights

Client Alert | 5 min read | 07.10.25

Litigation Funding Waterfalls Are Compliant Post-PACCAR (UK)

In a previous client alert on a recent Civil Justice Council (“CJC”) report on litigation funding in England and Wales we discussed the issue of whether payment waterfalls providing funders with payment priority are compliant with the Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2013 (“DBA Regulations”), the issue being a matter to be heard on appeal in June 2025. Funders will be pleased to hear that the answer is “yes”. The Court of Appeal has held that the DBA Regulations focuses on whether a funding agreement determines the amount of a funder’s fees by reference to the damages awarded to the successful litigant. The fact that a funder may receive its fees from the proceeds is not enough in itself for the arrangement to fall under the DBA Regulations....

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