Competition Law
London (Bar)
13 years ranked
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Victoria Wakefield KC was called in 2003 and took silk in 2019. Victoria has been consistently ranked by the legal directories as outstanding across 6 practice areas: Administrative & Public law, Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Competition law, Data Protection, EU law and Group Litigation.
She specializes in complex, novel and high profile litigation and has extensive experience as an advocate in cases in the Supreme Court, the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, arbitration and the CJEU.
Victoria is the only member of the Bar to appear in both Merricks v MasterCard and Lloyd v Google before the Supreme Court and has been at the forefront of the development of Group Litigation.
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Victoria Wakefield KC represents claimants in a number of high-profile class action claims, as well as defending clients in standalone actions. She has advised on appeals of EC decisions affecting pharmaceutical companies and challenges to new regulations in the sports sector.
Victoria Wakefield KC has a sophisticated group litigation practice and is known for her extensive experience in precedent-setting cases on representative actions in the competition sphere.
Victoria Wakefield KC is a go-to for government departments and other public bodies, as well as claimants in high-profile challenges. She maintains a respected practice covering complex matters at the intersection of public law and human rights.
Victoria Wakefield KC is a phenomenally accomplished barrister who represents corporations, NGOs and individuals challenging secondary legislation and regulatory decisions. She is especially adept in judicial reviews overlapping with human rights law. Recent mandates include cases relating to national security and international trade.
Victoria Wakefield KC possesses experience in a broad range of EU law issues. She acts in CJEU referrals that help domestic courts to interpret EU law on financial services regulation or the freedom to provide services. Much of Wakefield's wider practice is rooted in the EU law-derived principles of competition law and data protection.
Victoria Wakefield KC is a go-to for government departments and other public bodies, as well as claimants in high-profile challenges. She maintains a respected practice covering complex matters at the intersection of public law and human rights.
Victoria Wakefield KC of Brick Court Chambers offers valuable expertise in sports law matters involving competition issues, notably Financial Fair Play. She has been instructed by teams and other parties in a number of football regulatory cases.
Victoria Wakefield KC is a highly skilled barrister who acts for a broad range of clients such as public bodies, NGOs and individuals. She is trusted with sophisticated instructions concerning high-profile and complex data breaches, and is particularly experienced in major group actions concerning the use of personal data.
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An outstanding brain and tactician able to master the most complex of briefs and clearly pull out the salient strengths and weaknesses. Stellar counsel I would want to have on my side on every matter.
She is more than an up-and-coming star at the Bar now; she's a first-rate competition and EU barrister. She is intellectually very able and thinks through complex points with real quality.
She has a level of brilliance that goes above and beyond; she can turn her hand to anything. She is a brilliant mind and advocate.
Victoria is, to my mind, one of the best KCs in the competition field. She is incredibly switched on, on top of the detail and a phenomenal advocate. In court, she is a first-class cross-examiner.
She is a great talent and a fantastic advocate. She fights her clients' corners very well.
Victoria Wakefield is a first-class silk who combines fierce intellect with brilliant advocacy.
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