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Competition Law - UK
Individual Editorial
Daniel Beard KC is a highly sought-after silk who earns superb praise for his oral advocacy skills in complex competition cases. He handles diverse matters spanning competition damages claims and appeals against CMA or Ofcom decisions, challenging both fines and decisions in merger filings.
Strengths
Daniel is among a small handful of leaders in the field. He has an extraordinary legal mind and handles clients beautifully.
He's one of the standout silks at the Bar; he knows the field inside out. There's a reason why we're all queueing to instruct him on things.
He is just absolutely superb. He can deal with everything well and unobtrusively.
He is terrific - a live wire, super bright and incredibly knowledgeable on competition law. He's also very good at cross-examination - tough and excellent.
An absolute superstar, he can really get to the heart of an issue and thinks through how to present things to regulators and judges. He makes a huge impact on every deal he works on.