Mark Brealey

Mark Brealey QC specialises in EU and Competition Law. He regularly appears before the Courts of England and Wales, before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and before the Court of Justice of the European Communities. He also appears at oral hearings before the competition and regulatory authorities.

Appeared in first two Competition Act cases to reach Supreme Court: BCL Old v BASF [2012] UKSC 45; Deutsche Bahn v Morgan Crucible[2014] UKSC 24.  Other cases: Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd v MasterCard Incorporated and Ors [2016) CAT 11 in the CAT (interchange fees); Enron Coal Services [2011] EWCA Civ 2 in the Court of Appeal (follow on claim for damages); Case C-457/10P AstraZeneca v Commissionjudgment 6.12.12 in the European Court of Justice (regulatory abuse of dominant position); Case T-251/12 Freight Forwarding v Commission in the General Court (price fixing cartel); Imperial Tobacco v OFT [2011] CAT 41 in the CAT (vertical price restraints); Hays v OFT [2011] CAT 29 in the CAT (recruitment consultant cartel; reduction of penalty); Kier v OFT [2011] CAT 33in the CAT  (construction cartel: reduction of penalty).

Mark Brealey was The Times Lawyer of the Week – 25 June 2020.

He is editor of “Competition litigation: UK Practice and Procedure” second edition 2019.

LLB, LLM, DEA (France)