Up and Coming
Provided by Michael Quayle
Michael practises in competition, public and commercial law. His current and recent work includes:
Mark McLaren Class Representative v MOL (Europe Africa) & Others – acting for MOL in its defence of the “RoRo” collective proceedings regarding delivery charges paid by purchasers of new cars (one of The Lawyer's "Top 20 Cases of 2025").
Christine Riefa Class Representative v Apple & Amazon – acting for Apple in its successful opposition to proposed collective proceedings (the CAT's first outright refusal to certify).
CSAV/McLaren collective settlement – jointly instructed by the non-settling defendants in the first ever application for the approval of a collective settlement.
Advising clients in the energy, water and healthcare sectors on a variety of regulatory proceedings.
Prior to joining Brick Court, Michael qualified as a solicitor at Freshfields and spent eight years in its disputes department, where he was a Senior Associate and solicitor advocate. During his time at Freshfields, Michael specialised in competition, public and commercial law and worked on multiple high-profile disputes, including acting for Eurotunnel in the Brexit Ferries litigation, for Meta in the Facebook Data General Court challenge, for Southeastern Railway in the Boundary Fares collective proceedings, for JD Sports in a successful merger challenge in the CAT, and for the AIRE Centre in the Dubs Amendment judicial review.
Michael studied law at the University of Oxford, spent a year as the judicial assistant to Lady Justice Asplin in the Court of Appeal and is a trustee of fundamental rights charity the AIRE Centre.
Provided by Chambers
Michael Quayle is a junior building a notable competition practice, particularly in high-profile class action proceedings. His previous experience as a solicitor benefits his advisory work for clients in the energy, water and pharmaceutical industries in complex regulatory proceedings.
Provided by Chambers
Michael is incredibly knowledgeable, has deep technical expertise and is extremely analytical. I would absolutely recommend him.
His drafting is absolutely fantastic - clear, eloquent and gets to point while still being persuasive and thoughtful. He has a background as a solicitor, so he is very user-friendly and responsive.
He is intellectually very agile, quick to come to grips with the salient points of law and fact, and not afraid to really roll up his sleeves and get to grips with the evidence.
He is an extremely able competition junior. He has a terrific understanding of competition law and economics, and has a very analytical approach to each.
Michael is absolutely terrific. He's very creative and a good team player. He's also very commercial and has a good idea of what clients' objectives are.
Michael is incredibly knowledgeable, has deep technical expertise and is extremely analytical. I would absolutely recommend him.
His drafting is absolutely fantastic - clear, eloquent and gets to point while still being persuasive and thoughtful. He has a background as a solicitor, so he is very user-friendly and responsive.
He is intellectually very agile, quick to come to grips with the salient points of law and fact, and not afraid to really roll up his sleeves and get to grips with the evidence.
He is an extremely able competition junior. He has a terrific understanding of competition law and economics, and has a very analytical approach to each.
Michael is absolutely terrific. He's very creative and a good team player. He's also very commercial and has a good idea of what clients' objectives are.