LAWYER PROFILE

Nicholas Frey

Europe 2026

Freshfields

Ranked in 1 practice area

Competition Law: Litigation

7 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Nick specialises in behavioural cartel investigations, competition litigation, and commercial litigation and arbitration. He has represented clients in many leading UK, EU and global antitrust-related and commercial mandates, including pleading orally before the EU courts. Nick has a particular experience of coordinating complex multi-jurisdictional disputes and class-actions, and is a member of the firm’s global class action, investigations, and antitrust litigation groups. He has advised in various sectors, including TMT, financial services, GIG and energy work.

Career

With Freshfields since 2005. Nick is an English qualified Solicitor Advocate, an Honorary Associate Professor at Exeter University and a UK Observer for the UN Competition Policy group.

Publications

ABA class actions guide.

Class action Litigation South Africa.

Misc. articles in CPI and CLJ.

Personal

Native Swede, with good Scandinavian, French and Russian language skills.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Competition Law: Litigation - UK

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Nicholas Frey defends clients in private damages actions following decisions in investigations into possible abuses of dominance or cartel involvement. He has notable experience in high-profile class action proceedings, as well as assisting clients with appeals against fines. He counts transport and financial services companies amongst his clients.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He is an excellent strategist who is great to have on the team. He is deceptively laid back, but delivers excellent advice and is always working on the best strategy for the project.
Competition Law: LitigationChambers European Guide
He has good inter-personal skills and is a great pleasure to work with.
Competition Law: LitigationChambers European Guide
Nicholas Frey is such a pleasure to work with. He is really good at challenging the assumptions about how you do things. He is very open minded and ready to fight his clients' corner.
Competition Law: LitigationChambers European Guide
He is an excellent lawyer with a keen eye for litigation tactics. He's highly focused on securing positive outcomes for clients and is engaged, hard-working and has great attention to detail.
Competition Law: LitigationChambers European Guide