David Bailey

Practice Areas

David Bailey specialises in competition and EU law.

David has appeared in a number of notable competition cases at the Bar. He acted for the European Commission in defending its decisions in Ryanair/Aer Lingus, Lundbeck, Servier and Power Cables. He is acting for HSBC, Bank of America and Facebook in challenging Commission decisions in, respectively, Euribor, European Government Bonds and Facebook data. He is currently instructed in various competition disputes in the Competition Appeal Tribunal and High Court, including the claims for damages in Trucks, FX, Smart Card Chips and RoRo. He has also appeared, both led and unled, for the Competition and Markets Authority, including in the appeals against the CMA’s decisions in Paroxetine, Phenytoin, Liothyronine and Hydrocortisone.

David is Standing Counsel to the UK Competition and Markets Authority and the Hong Kong Competition Commission.

In 2020 he won the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards as Competition Junior of the Year.

David is the co-author of Whish and Bailey’s Competition Law (10th edition, 2021), and a general editor of Bellamy & Child’s European Union Competition Law (8th edition, 2019). He is also a Professor of Practice in Competition Law at King's College London.