Dr Or Brook is a highly experienced competition law scholar, and an Associate Professor of Competition Law at the University of Oxford. An award-winning academic, Dr Brook has an impressive, interdisciplinary background. Prior to earning a PhD from the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, she worked as an associate attorney dealing with commercial litigation. Dr Brook also holds an LLB in economics and in law (distinction) and an LLM (distinction).
Geradin Partners is a specialist competition law, competition litigation, and digital regulation firm. Renowned for its expertise in competition law and digital regulation, the firm has represented clients in several landmark European and UK cases, including acting for class representatives in other collective actions in the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
KP Law is a leading collective redress law firm that has represented tens of thousands of employees and consumers, as well as businesses and commercial entities. It has built a reputation for standing up to large, well-funded organisations. KP Law has a market-leading competition litigation team with expertise in litigation competition law cases across the UK and Europe. This includes extensive experience in competition matters both before the High Court, Competition Appeal Tribunal and in regulatory investigations.
Dr Brook has retained Robert O’Donoghue KC (Brick Court), Kieron Beal KC (Blackstone Chambers), Mark Brealey KC (Monckton Chambers), Nicholas Khan KC (Monckton Chambers), Michael Bowsher KC (Kings Chambers), Daniel Carall-Green (Fountain Court), Camilla Cockerill (4 New Square Chambers), Ruth Flame (Fountain Court Chambers), Adam Aldred (Kings Chambers), Prof Fiona Scott Morton, Theodore Nierenberg Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management, supported by Matt Hunt of AlixPartners, all of whom will also bring significant experience to the case.
Dr Brook has also appointed a consultative panel of highly qualified experts to provide her with an additional source of independent advice. The consultative panel is chaired by Roger Kaye KC, a retired Deputy High Court Judge and former chair of the UKTC SPV set up as class representative in the UK Trucks Claim, and is made up of Sue Prevezer KC, an experienced barrister and mediator; Mark McLaren, the class representative in Mark McLaren Class Representative Limited v MOL (Europe Africa) Ltd and Others; and Ann Pope, competition economist and former senior director of the CMA’s Antitrust directorate.
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