Matrix Chambers

Professor Suzanne Rab has over two decades of wide experience of EU law, competition law, and regulatory law.  Suzanne’s practice has a particular focus on the interface between innovation, trade and economic regulation.  She acts in disputes involving governments, regulators and businesses across the regulated sectors including in the financial services, energy/environmental, healthcare/ pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, TMT and natural resources sectors.

Suzanne has complementary experience at the interface between intellectual property rights and competition law, as well as expertise in information rights and data protection.  In private practice as a solicitor prior to joining the bar, she has held positions at leading international regulation and trade practices. She has also had roles as partner and head of regulatory practice with a leading US law firm and as director at PricewaterhouseCoopers working within its strategy, economics, and regulatory teams.

Suzanne maintains an active academic practice concurrently with her barrister practice.  She is a Professor at Brunel University, a law lecturer at Oxford University and a Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London (IPR and competition). Suzanne is an expert panel member of the UK Regulators Network (UKRN), a panel member of the Office for the Internal Market (OIM) and a non-executive board member of the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) and the Press Recognition Panel (PRP).