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Conor Quigley KC specialises in European Union, State Aid and UK Subsidy Control law. He has appeared in many EU Law cases in the UK in the High Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords and Supreme Court, and in the European Union General Court and Court of Justice. Clients have included UK and Irish Governments, the European Commission, public and private companies, private individuals and UK public authorities.

In recent years, his practice has increasingly specialized in two areas: (i) acting as an expert witness on EU State aid law in international arbitrations, particularly ICSID arbitrations; (ii) expert specialization on the interface of corporate taxation and State aid international investment arbitrations. In 2022, he was appointed a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics.

He has been identified in WhosWhoLegal, Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners Directory as a leading silk in EU, competition and public procurement law.

Called 1985; Gray’s Inn; Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford 1991-96; chairman, Bar European Group 1992-94; chairman, EU Law Section, UIA 2005-10; QC 2003; publications: ‘European State Aid Law and Policy’ (2015, 2009, 2002); ‘European Community Contract Law (1997).

Good French; Dutch; basic Italian.

King’s College, London (1979 LLB); University of Amsterdam (1980 Dip EI); Oxford University (1991 MA).