Ruchit Patel is an antitrust partner in Ropes&Gray's London office. He advises some of the largest companies in the world on matters before the European Commission, UK Competition and Markets Authority, UK sectoral regulators, UK High Court. He also has litigation experience before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Ruchit was included in Global Competition Review’s 2020 list of the top young antitrust lawyers in the world: the 40 under 40. Who’s Who Legal characterizes him as a “Future Leader” and comments that “Ruchit Patel is revered as an “skilled, flexible and sharp-minded competition law expert” who is “able to coordinate complex projects.” Ruchit is also recognized in Chambers UK in the area of competition law, and GCR notes he is a “Future Leader.” Clients have commented in Who’s Who Legal that Ruchit is “a very experienced competition lawyer” who “focuses on strategy and results” and “is uniquely dedicated to ensuring his clients’ success” and is “able to coordinate complex projects.” Legal 500 also noted that Ruchit brings “an in-depth knowledge of Indian competition law.”
Ruchit is a visiting Lecturer at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London. He is a member of several committees, including the Competition Section of the English Law Society, the Law360 Editorial Board, and the Editorial Board of the IBA.