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Matrix Chambers

Competition Law

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Competition Law - London (Bar)

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Benefiting from impressive broader public and EU law practices, Matrix Chambers offers expertise across a wide range of competition matters. Members offer significant experience in collective action proceedings, including abuse of dominance collective proceedings against several wastewater companies relating to their alleged misreporting of pollution incidents. Commentators appreciate the set's "huge depth of experience, knowledge and accessible counsel". The barristers are called upon to represent authorities including Ofgem and the CMA in infringement proceedings, appeals and judicial review, and have also been instructed by the European Commission on a number of occasions.

Alison Scanes is senior practice manager.

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Strengths

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  • The clerks are prompt to respond to queries and easy to deal with.

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  • The clerks are always responsive, fast and accurate.

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  • A lot of clerks are not very commercial but Matrix are very commercial, which is very helpful.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Christopher Brown
    Christopher Brown

    Christopher Brown

    Christopher Brown is often instructed in major follow-on damages claims, often acting on the claimant side of prominent cases. He has further experience defending regulatory authorities in judicial reviews.

    • He is a careful and reflective barrister who commands respect for competition.

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    • He's a pure competition lawyer through and through. He's one of our go-to barristers for any big ongoing cases. His knowledge is excellent.

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    • I have been impressed by Christopher's drafting and legal and economic analysis. He is responsive, helpful and clearly very intelligent.

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  • Rhodri Thompson
    Rhodri Thompson

    Rhodri Thompson

    Rhodri Thompson KC has notable experience in collective proceedings orders in cartel damages claims. He also advises on CMA investigations into merger filings and possible cartels, as well as representing clients in appeals against CMA sanctioning decisions.

    • Rhodri is an experienced and incredibly intelligent counsel who is accessible and always provides prompt and practical advice.

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    • He is very established and experienced. He commands the attention of the court.

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    • He's excellent to work with. He's very engaged and not detached from the process; he's very plugged in.

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  • Suzanne Rab
    Suzanne Rab

    Suzanne Rab

    Suzanne Rab has a varied client list that includes UK regulators, industry associations and individual claimants. She handles follow-on and standalone damages claims, and advises on appeals against CMA investigations. Rab has notable experience advising sector regulators on the exercise of their competition law powers.

    • She is a guru when it comes to competition work. There's very few people who have knowledge like she does. She's the person you need.

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    • Suzanne is practical, very hard-working and has great ideas. She gets to the heart of the case, is very reliable and is super keen to assist.

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  • Matthew O'Regan
    Matthew O'Regan

    Matthew O'Regan

    Matthew O'Regan has extensive experience acting in and advising on merger control, CMA and regulatory investigations and subsidy control, bolstered by his previous role as a solicitor.

    • He is an excellent competition barrister and clients really enjoy working with him.

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    • Matthew is completely reliable. He's a very good litigator who totally knows his competition law.

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    • Matthew is supreme when it comes to the detail; he rolls up his sleeves and gets stuck into the documentation. He works very well as part of a busy team as he can turn his hand to anything.

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  • Lucinda Cunningham
    Lucinda Cunningham

    Lucinda Cunningham

    Lucinda Cunningham has a diverse competition and regulatory practice, acting on both the defendant and claimant sides of high-value collective proceedings. Her previous experience as référendaire to the president of the Competition Appeal Tribunal gives her a unique perspective which underpins her practice.

    • She's a very strong competition lawyer. She's happy to think creatively and come up with alternative points.

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    • She is very diligent and conscientious, able to absorb significant amounts of information and cut through to the important points.

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    • She's got in-depth knowledge from working at the Competition Appeal Tribunal. She has a great reputation and is working for a lot of key people.

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    • Her previous experience working at the CAT gives her valuable insight into case management and strategy, and the depth of her practice shows in her advice. She clearly has a bright future ahead.

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    • Lucinda is very hard-working, responsive and keen to pitch in. She produces work that is thorough and well thought through.

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  • Nicholas Gibson
    Nicholas Gibson

    Nicholas Gibson

    Nicholas Gibson has notable experience in collective proceedings, either acting for class representatives or for intervenors. He also advises on market reviews and allegations of abuse of dominance.

    • Nicholas is very thorough. He has strategic instincts and good advocacy on tech points.

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    • He's across the detail and excellent to work with. He's engaged and makes time despite being very busy. He has subject matter expertise, is very constructive and is very good on the law and advocacy.

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