Global
Competition Law - UK
Mark Brealey KC
Mark Brealey KC is a leading competition law silk who acts for both claimants and defendants. He has a broad practice, representing clients in cartel follow-on claims, pricing investigations and FRAND licensing matters, and has attracted recent attention for his success in overturning CMA decisions on excessive pricing in the pharmaceutical sector.
Strengths
"He is in most of the high-profile cases; he has huge experience. One of his strengths is that he can separate the good points from the bad and zoom in on the good ones." "He is first class – good at persuading the judges."
Recent work
Acted as lead counsel to Sainsbury's in the Supreme Court appeals concerning the interchange fees set by Visa and Mastercard. The Supreme Court dismissed the majority of the card operators' grounds of appeal.