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Nicholas Gibson
Position
Nicholas has experience of diverse commercial and public law matters, with particular interests in commercial disputes and civil fraud matters (including injunctions), competition law, sectoral regulation (including telecoms, transport, and energy), tax, State aid, public procurement and general EU law, consumer credit and other consumer protection legislation, and human rights.
Career
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (2002-09): solicitor (2004); solicitor advocate (2009). House of Lords (2007-08): judicial assistant to Lord Bingham and Lord Walker. Called to bar, full exemption from pupillage (2009). Matrix Chambers (2009 – present): member (2009). Visiting lecturer, King’s College London (2009-11). Registered to practise before DIFC, Dubai (2010). Appointed to Attorney General’s C panel (2012); B panel (2016). Contributor, Bellamy & Child: EU Law of Competition (7th + 8th edns); UK Competition Law: the New Framework (1st edn).
Languages
French, Arabic, Spanish.
Memberships
CLA, ALBA, BEG.
Education
Pembroke College, Cambridge (MA); Nottingham Law School (PgDL, LPC); King’s College, London (LLM).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Competition
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Nicholas Gibson –Matrix Chambers ‘Nicholas is incredibly hard working, energetic, creative and drafts very well. His advocacy is very persuasive and he is not afraid to get really stuck in to the detail and to test things thoroughly.’
Drawing upon strong expertise in related areas of law such as EU, public, criminal and commercial litigation, Matrix Chambers is well placed to handle complex and high profile competition matters concerning state aid, public procurement, utilities regulation and commercial judicial review. Rhodri Thompson KC and Nicholas Gibson have continued to act for UK Trucks Claim Ltd in UK Trucks Claim v Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V and others, representing the proposed class representative in a collective damages action before the CAT under section 47B of the Competition Act. In R (SSE Generation Ltd) v CMA, the first time a decision of the CMA in its appellate capacity was subjected to judicial review, Christopher Brown achieved a favourable result for the regulator in a three-day hearing before the Court of Appeal.
London Bar > European Union law
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Nicholas Gibson – Matrix Chambers ‘Nicholas takes a thorough, pragmatic approach to complex issues and always demonstrates sound judgement.‘