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Daniel Piccinin KC
Position
Daniel Piccinin practises in all areas of chambers’ work and has particular expertise in competition law matters. Recent EU/competition law cases include Tesco v OFT (acting for Tesco in its challenge to the OFT’s Dairy Cartel decision); Ryanair v Competition Commission and Aer Lingus (acting for Aer Lingus before the Court of Appeal in support of the CC’s decision to continue investigating Ryanair’s minority stake in Aer Lingus) and Case 201/11 P UEFA v Commission (acting for UEFA in its free movement and competition law challenge to the Commission’s approval of the UK’s protected list of sporting events). Daniel has also acted in a number of commercial disputes, including the Cherney v Deripaska Commercial Court litigation.
Career
Called 2010, Lincoln’s Inn; solicitor Linklaters 2007-2010; Brick Court Chambers 2010 to date. Publications of note: C Ahlborn and D Piccinin, ‘The Great Recession and other mishaps: the Commission’s policy of restructuring aid in a time of crisis’, in Research Handbook of State Aid Law, E Szyszczak (Ed), Edward Elgar (2011); N Purnell, C Bellamy, N Kar, D Piccinin, and P Sahathevan, ‘Criminal Cartel Enforcement – More turbulence ahead? The implications of the BA Virgin Case’, Competition Law Journal 2010(3), 313; C Ahlborn and D Piccinin, ‘The Application of the Principles of Restructuring Aid to Banks during the Financial Crisis’, European State Aid Law Quarterly 2010(1), 47; C Ahlborn and D Piccinin, ‘Between Scylla and Charybdis: Market Investigations and the Consumer Interest’, in Ten Years of UK Competition Law Reform, B Rodger (Ed), Dundee University Press 2010. N Erkal and D Piccinin, ‘Cooperative R&D under uncertainty with free entry’, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2010, 28, 74-85. N Erkal and D Picicnin, ‘Welfare-reducing mergers in differentiated oligopolies with free entry’, Economic Record, 2009, 1-7.
Memberships
COMBAR.
Education
University of Melbourne (2006 LLB (First Class), B Com (First Class) Economics).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Competition
(2023 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Daniel Piccinin KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Daniel is one of the very cleverest people at the bar and in a league of his own when it comes to complex economic issues. A great team player and we were delighted to see him take silk this year; he will go on to great things.’