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Sarah Abram KC
Work Department
Member of Chambers
Position
Sarah Abram KC was called in 2006 and took silk in 2022; she is described in the directories as a “without a doubt a star of her generation”.
Sarah has for some years – including prior to taking silk – been acting as lead counsel or sole advocate in the most high-profile litigation and arbitration across the fields of competition, EU and commercial law. Her wide-ranging practice involves multi-jurisdiction and multi-party cases, raising novel points of law.
In addition to commercial and competition disputes of all varieties, Sarah regularly acts in class action litigation, FRAND litigation, jurisdiction disputes and matters involving data/big tech. Examples of her current and recent case-load include acting unled in the Rail Fares CPO litigation; acting as sole counsel for the successful claimant in the Commercial Court trial Acerus v Recipharm; leading on global FRAND issues in Nokia v Oppo; acting for Telefonica in the litigation regarding the collapse of Phones4U (The Lawyer Top 20 case for 2022). She is instructed in substantially every large competition damages matter of the day, including Trucks, FX, Power Cables and RoRo.
Career
Call: 2006
Silk: 2022
Languages
Fluent French, conversational German.
Memberships
Bar European Group; Administrative Law Bar Association; Common Law and Commercial Bar Association.
Education
Kendrick Girls’ Grammar School, Reading; Bristol University (2004 LLB Law and French First Class Hons); University of Poitiers, France (2003 Diploma of French Law Mention Très Bien); University College, University of Oxford (2005 BCL Distinction); Inns of Court School of Law, City University (2006 BVC Outstanding).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Group litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Sarah Abram KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Sarah is a leader in this field. She always provides clear and intelligent advice.’
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 5Sarah Abram KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Sarah is a pleasure to work with. She is evidently extremely clever, and is clear and convincing in her advice. Sarah is able to absorb large volumes of information at short notice, and cuts to the chase on the key points.’
London Bar > Competition
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Sarah Abram KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Sarah is extremely approachable and very easy to work with. She offers commercial advice that clients can use and is an absolute superstar when it comes to advocacy – she has a wonderful and incredibly effective style, in which she is able to build rapport with judges and bring them around to her point of view.‘
Brick Court Chambers is ‘the go-to set for competition litigators, with both strength and depth across all levels’. Competition heavyweights Helen Davies KC and Daniel Jowell KC appear on opposite sides of the cable maker cartel case Spottiswoode v Nexans, with the major consumer collective action seeking over £300m in damages for UK electricity purchasers. In R (Volkswagen) v CMA, Marie Demetriou KC successfully acted for the regulator in a landmark case concerning the extraterritorial scope of its investigatory powers under the Competition Act 1998. Sarah Abram KC acted on behalf of BMW on the same matter and persuaded the CAT that the CMA lacked the power to require disclosure outside of the UK, before the regulator’s appeal was allowed by the Court of Appeal; prompting the manufacturer to seek permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. Victoria Wakefield KC is set to represent the defendant in Cabo Concepts Limited v MGA Entertainment, with the standalone abuse of dominance claim set for trial in late 2024.
London Bar > European Union relations
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Sarah Abram KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Sarah is really blazing a trail moving seamlessly into silk. She is a wonderful advocate who always has the ear of the court and a great team player. Her star status will only rise.’