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Philip Ruttley (born 1954) is a leading Anglo-Swiss lawyer and published expert in European Union competition (anti-trust) law and international trade law. He has been described as "one of Europe's foremost maritime competition experts".
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Philip Ruttley (b. Philippe Grin) was born in Zurich in 1954 and is descended from the Huguenot Abolitionist Comte Guillaume de Felice and 18th century philosopher Comte Fortunato de Felice. He is also related to Mme de Stael, the 19th century literary figure, and Henri Guisan, the commander of the Swiss armed forces during WWII. He was educated at Harrow School in London, Oxford University (where he was an entrance History scholar, graduating with first class honors in 1976), University of Florence and City University (where he obtained a diploma in Law). He was called to the English Bar in 1980 (Inner Temple) and admitted as a Solicitor in 1992. After practicing EC law in London and Brussels, he served as a United Nations legal advisor in Rome, and then as an EC Advisor to the UK Government's Treasury Solicitor's Department.
He is currently a partner and Head of the EU and Competition Law Department of the international City firm of Ince & Co. He has appeared in many cases before the European Court of Justice and has been involved in several WTO dispute settlement proceedings.
In 2008, Ruttley acted for the consumer group "Which?" in the first ever European consumer group action against a cartel. A defendant, JJB Sports agreed to pay compensation for its role in price-fixing, as investigated by the UK Government's Office of Fair Trading. The case resulted in fines of up to £17m for the cartel.
He has published widely on EC and World Trade Organization issues. He was secretary and founder of the European Maritime Law Organization, and was also secretary of the World Trade Law Association from 1997 to 2003.