Monckton Chambers

Ronit is a leading barrister at the London Bar and former Solicitor-Advocate, whose practice spans all aspects of Competition, Regulatory / Utilities and Trade law, as well as Sports law.

Ronit is at the forefront of heavy weight competition litigation. She is currently leading a number of high profile Collective Actions in the CAT including multi-billion claims against Apple and Google for their App Store charges and a £600 million claim against BT relating to landlines. She is currently appearing in 3 of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases for 2020 – Allianz, Evans and O’Higgins Forex Claims – where she acts for MUFG. She has particular expertise in cases at the intersection of competition and IP law. Throughout her career she has featured in seminal competition cases such as the Pay for Delay litigation (Paroxetine and Lundbeck), Trucks, Interchange Fees and Air Cargo.

In March 2019, Ronit was selected for the W@’s inaugural “40 in their 40s” list of Notable Women Competition Professionals in Europe. She has also has featured in the Lawyer’s Hot 100. Before taking silk, Ronit was consistently ranked by the directories as a leading junior for Competition Law and Media, Entertainment and Sport.

Called to the Bar 1999, Middle temple; solicitor Herbert Smith LLP 1998-2005; senior associate in EU and competition department; judicial assistant to Court of Appeal 2002; barrister Monckton Chambers 2006. Publications of note: contributing editor to the seventh edition of Bellamy and Child’s ‘European Community Law of Competition’, and writer of numerous articles on competition law.

French.

BEG; CLA.

North London Collegiate School; Wadham College, Oxford (1995 BA Jurisprudence; 1997 BCL).

Theatre, food and wine, running.