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Beverley Williamson

Beverley Williamson

Kings Chambers, North West

    Position

    Beverley specialises in competition law, sports law, regulatory investigations, public procurement, and consumer and digital regulation. Her practice encompasses both contentious and advisory work, with a particular focus on complex regulatory and market-based disputes.

    Beverley holds a PhD in competition law and has substantial experience at both enforcement and advisory level.  She previously served as Head of Unit for Antitrust Investigations for a national competition authority, where she led complex investigations into alleged infringements of competition law, including cartel conduct, abuse of dominance and Phase 2 merger investigations.  

    Beverley has also worked as a specialist competition advisor at a tier 1 corporate law firm in Dublin, advising on EU and domestic competition matters across multiple sectors. Her experience includes merger control, State aid, public procurement, abuse of dominance and antitrust, including one of the European Commission’s earliest investigations into alleged labour market collusion.

    She is also the founder of the European League of Sports Antitrust, an organisation that brings together leading practitioners and academics working in competition law and sport, and is a regular speaker at international conferences on competition law and sports regulation.

    Career

    Appointed to the England Boxing Disciplinary Panel for a three-year term from October 2026

    Memberships

    • Women in Sports Law

    • La Ligue internationale du Droit de la Concurrence

    • International Sports Lawyer Association

    Education

    • University of Liverpool, BA(Hons) Law

    • University of Northumbria, Bar Vocational Course

    • University of Newcastle, PhD Competition Law

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