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Samuel Willis

Samuel Willis

11KBW, London

Career

Samuel practises in all of Chambers’ core areas, including commercial, public, procurement and state aid, EU, public international law, employment, data and information, and sport. Samuel was called in 2024 and commenced his practice in April 2025.

Before coming to the Bar, Samuel was a research fellow in constitutional law at Public Law Project. In this role, Samuel assisted with drafting successful amendments to the Retained EU (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, provided policy advice on proposed reforms to human rights law, and conducted scrutiny of treaties and other international agreements.

Samuel also worked as a trainee at the EFTA Court in Luxembourg (equivalent to a judicial assistant in England and Wales). In this capacity, Samuel worked on a wide variety of EU and EEA law matters, including state aid and competition, tax, discrimination on the basis of nationality, free movement of services, freedom of establishment, and consumer protection.

Samuel is a contributor to Tolley’s Employment Handbook, 39th edition (June 2025) and to Public Law and the UK Supreme Court: Key Cases and Decisions (August 2025). Samuel is also an editor of the Administrative Court Blog.

Samuel is a member of the Branding and Communications Committee of 11KBW.

Memberships

Competent in reading Spanish

Competent in reading French

Education

MA (Cantab.), History, St John’s College, University of Cambridge (2019)

M.Phil, History, St John’s College, University of Cambridge (2020)

GDL, City St George’s, University of London (2021)

Bar Course, Inns of Court College of Advocacy (2024)

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