Matrix Chambers is prominent in the field of competition law, integrating established strengths in related practice areas to lead on major collective action proceedings, CAT appeals, and complex regulatory matters. The ‘exceptionally smart and thorough’ Rhodri Thompson KC leads on prominent collective proceedings and has acted on six proceedings on behalf of the class representative in damages claims against water companies based on claims of abuse of dominance. Prominent competition law juniors include Christopher Brown, who represented Lloyds Banking Group against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in a competition damages claim concerning collusion between banks over LIBOR, and Nicholas Gibson, whose broad practice has recently included appearing unled for the Competition and Markets Authority in interventions into major collective actions proceedings. The strength in depth of the chambers’ competition practice at the junior level was greatly increased in the last year by the arrivals of the ’clear, forceful and convincing’ Suzanne Rab, who recently acted against Mastercard and Visa in collective proceedings in the CAT, and the ‘very helpful and very commercial’ Matthew O’Regan, who has a particular specialty in competition law elements of merger control cases.
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Professor Suzanne Rab has over two decades of wide experience of EU law, competition law, international trade 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 Press Recognition Panel (PRP).
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