Fountain Court Chambers

Hannah Bernstein has a broad commercial practice with a particular interest in regulated areas, such aviation, banking, the professions, and in competition law.

Hannah is currently acting in competition proceedings in the CAT in relation to follow-on damages claims; proceedings arising in relation to an alleged abuse of dominance; and international proceedings relating to an alleged breach of the Quincecare duty of care.

Call 2020.

Before coming to the Bar, Hannah was an economist at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She has advised a range of public bodies and multinational corporations on commercial disputes and operational challenges. Her experience includes advising a regulator on the estimated cost of capital; providing regression analysis for a public body to derive and quantify the drivers of demand for a service; advising a UK corporate on allegations of collusive behaviour, providing counterfactual analysis to aid the client’s legal team in responding to the antitrust authority; and evaluating the potential implications for competition policy of AI-facilitated collusion.