Matthew O'Regan

Matthew’s practice focuses on competition law and regulation and subsidy control. He has a broad practice, covering all aspects of competition law, including disputes and litigation, investigations by the Competition and Markets Authority and other regulators and wide range of advisory matters. He acts for a wide range of clients in both the public and private sectors, including major UK companies and multinational businesses, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises, government departments and local authorities.

He appears, led and unled, regularly before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and has also appeared before the High Court. As a solicitor, he appeared in several competition and state aid cases before the EU General Court and the Court of Justice, in Luxembourg.

Recent matters in which has been instructed include a successful appeal against a CMA infringement decision (Lexon v CMA, Prochlorperazine), collective proceedings (Evans v Barclays, FX), follow-on damages claims (including Connexity v Google, Google Shopping), a number of standalone claims and a successful LCIA arbitration in the sports sector. He has also advised on several merger matters before the CMA.

Before being called to the Bar in 2015, Matthew practised as a solicitor with leading firms in London, Brussels (where he worked for over a decade in a leading international law firm) and Bristol (where he was a partner in a leading national firm).

Matthew is a member of the Bar of England and Wales. He is an editor of Chitty on Contracts and the Competition Law Journal.