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GRIFFIN BUILDING, GRAY'S INN
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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 ‘Excellent research and advice on paper. Nicholas is responsive, easy to deal with and very hard working and commercial.’
Members of Matrix Chambers remain continually sought after for complex collective actions before all levels of UK courts. In the first major UK collective action concerning environmental pollution as a breach of competition law, Rhodri Thompson KC and Christopher Brown have been acting for the class representative in Roberts v Severn Trent Water and Ors; with the case raising novel questions of law about whether misleading a regulator and causing higher prices to be charged constitutes an abuse of a dominant position. In Kent v Apple, Nicholas Gibson is representing the CMA as it intervenes in the public interest in the ongoing dispute about loss caused by the tech giant for alleged breaches of EU and UK competition law. Thanks to the set’s criminal practitioners, it is also well-placed to handle matters concerning criminal cartel offences.
London Bar > European Union relations
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Nicholas Gibson – Matrix Chambers ‘Nicholas is adept at grasping complex points quickly and breaking them down into simple form. He listens carefully and gives thorough, considered advice. He is always well-prepared and very responsive, dealing with follow-up questions and developments quickly and efficiently.‘
A ‘go-to set for any issues relating to EU law’, Matrix Chambers’ members have ‘unparalleled knowledge’ not only in core areas of competition, economic regulation and data protection, but also EU citizens’ rights and trade issues. Jessica Simor KC appeared opposite Aidan O’Neill KC and Nicholas Gibson in the Supreme Court in Jersey Choice v Her Majesty’s Treasury, a damages claim brought by a Jersey horticultural company for the removal of a VAT relief on the basis it constituted a discriminatory charge under EU law. Takis Tridimas has developed a reputation as ‘an excellent EU law practitioner’, who ‘knows the law and relevant intricate practice of the CJEU in perfect detail’.