Year of Call: 2013 (Solicitor 1999)
Suzanne obtained higher rights of audience whilst in private practice as a solicitor for 15 years prior to joining the bar in 2013.
Suzanne has wide experience of competition law, EU law and regulatory matters combining cartel regulation, commercial practices, IP exploitation, merger control, public procurement and State aid/subsidy control.
Suzanne’s practice has a particular focus on the interface between competition law and economic regulation. She advises governments, regulators and businesses across the regulated sectors including in the communications, energy, financial services, healthcare/ pharmaceuticals, TMT and water sectors.
Suzanne has significant experience of advising on the development, implementation and application of new competition laws and regulatory regimes in line with international best practices, including in emerging markets. She is a member of the UK Regulators Network (UKRN) Expert Advisory Panel and a panel member of the UK Office for the Internal Market.
Prior to joining the bar, she has held positions at magic circle and leading international antitrust practices. Most recently she was an antitrust partner with a leading US practice. She has also held the role of director at PricewaterhouseCoopers working within its strategy, economics and forensics teams.
Suzanne speaks French and has worked in a bilingual office while practising as a solicitor.
Suzanne Rab was recognised by The Lawyer as one of the “Hot 100” lawyers for 2022, most notably for her work for public bodies including in relation to net zero, competition law and subsidy control.
Cartels
Advising on major cartel investigations, appeals and follow-on actions, including advising:
Merger Control
Advising on multi-jurisdictional merger control investigations, notably advising:
Energy and natural resources
Depth of experience advising on antitrust matters in the energy and natural resources sector. She also advises on competition matters in specific energy product, infrastructure and services markets, including oil and fuel products. This includes representations advising:
Other regulated industries
Depth and breadth of experience of UK and EU sector regulation in the regulated sectors, notably advising:
International
Expertise and reputation advising governments, regulators and businesses in emerging competition law regimes (both outbound in relation to EU law comparative expert opinions and inbound in relation to the application of EU and UK law to international practices). Examples include:
State aid/subsidy control
Acting for granting/ awarding authorities, including:
Acting for beneficiaries of potential State support including:
Acting for complainants/ third parties including:
Other engagements involving subsidy control elements include:
Public procurement:
Acting for bidders and buyers in public procurement disputes and also providing strategic advice on the conduct of tenders, in relation to the following (and their predecessor regulations): Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement as implemented in the UK by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102); Directive 2014/25/EU on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors as implemented in the UK by the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/274); Directive 2014/23/EU on the award of concession contracts as implemented in the UK by the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/273).
Representative examples of recent experience include:
Suzanne has wide experience of EU law matters including competition law, public procurement, State aid, EU free movement rules and food regulation. Suzanne’s practice has a particular focus on the interface between EU law and economic regulation. She advises governments, regulators and businesses across the regulated sectors in relation to EU law matters and national law implementation.
Suzanne has significant experience of advising on the development, implementation and application of new regulatory regimes, including in emerging markets which have modelled their laws on EU law.
Representative experience includes:
International Trade
Advising on international trade and particularly on the interplay between trade remedies and remedies under EU competition law/State aid in cases involving supply chains operating in the UK and the EU. Representative experience includes:
Broadcasting
Online
Media and entertainment
Print
Sport
Representative experience includes:
Advising on competition law and regulatory matters in the financial services sector, both in relation to mergers, behavioural matters and market investigations, including advising:
Broad experience advising at the intersection between competition law and intellectual property. Representative experience includes:
Information and Data Protection Law:
Suzanne Rab has wide experience of EU and UK information rights and data protection law, advising public and private organisations. Examples of representative engagements include:
Suzanne acts as counsel, arbitrator and expert in international arbitrations in complex commercial disputes, particularly those with a regulatory or competition law dimension. Many of these disputes relate to network, energy and extractive industries.
Examples of representative experience include acting in:
Suzanne has also represented investors in cases involving alleged breaches of a state’s obligations under an investment treaty. This includes cases involving revocation of concessions, changes to recoverable tariffs or taxation, changes to or refusal to grant permits and licences, and circumstances where a host state interferes with investment planning through the enactment or application of new laws or differential application of domestic laws.
Wide experience advising on UK and EU regulation and competition law in the banking and wider financial services sector.
Suzanne’s work in the banking sector has involved representations in relation to sector regulation, mergers, behavioural matters, market investigations and State aid. More recently this experience includes advising the newly established UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), a subsidiary of the UK Financial Conduct Authority, on its approach to regulation of the UK payments sector. The new regime is ground-breaking in terms of the issues it raises as it represents the first time that the payments sector has been subject to dedicated regulation independent of the central bank.
Suzanne has advised on the main market and sector investigations into the banking sector at the UK and EU level, including advising General Electric on the first ever market investigation in the UK (into store cards and insurance) and Halifax Bank of Scotland on the UK Competition Commission investigation into Payment Protection Insurance. In the area of abuse of dominance she has advised Dow Jones on the European Commission’s investigation into Reuters Instruments Codes (RICs) under Article 102 TFEU which focused on exclusionary practices in relation to the distribution platform for financial information.
Particular expertise advising in complex cases involving civil fraud which overlap with cartel practices and related areas of regulation including financial crime, market manipulation and anti-corruption.
Prior to her call to the Bar Suzanne worked as a director in the strategy (economics and forensics) practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she was involved in cases involving asset tracing and damages assessment. Her high level of financial literacy is particularly valued by clients seeking counsel who can handle financial experts with ease.
Her representative experience includes advising on major cartel investigations, appeals and follow-on damages actions, including advising:
Wide experience and expertise advising on regulatory matters and disputes involving insurance and reinsurance companies.
Suzanne has particular experience advising on EU and UK regulatory and competition issues in the insurance sector including advising:
Experience and reputation advising on and representing clients as counsel in a range of administrative and public law matters, acting for public law defendants as well as private parties.
Specific areas of expertise in administrative and public law include:
Constitutional Law, Data Protection and Freedom of Information, EU Public Law, Human Rights, Judicial Review, Media and Broadcasting, Medical and Pharmaceutical Regulation, Public Inquiries, Public International Law, Public Procurement and State Aid, Regulatory and Disciplinary Law and Transport Law.
Examples of representative engagements include:
Expert in cross-border disputes, particularly raising issues of jurisdiction, choice of law, anti-suit injunctions, exclusive jurisdiction clauses, and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, both under EU legislation and at common law.
Economic regulation
Suzanne advises on economic and financial regulation in all the regulated sectors, including sector-specific licensing, and price control matters in the following sectors: communications, energy (electricity and gas), financial services, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, transportation (including rail and road, shipping), and water.
Financial services conduct regulation
Suzanne has wide experience of advising on supervision, investigations and enforcement under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
Her representative experience includes advising:
Legal professional services regulation
Suzanne advises on professional services regulation with particular expertise in the regulation of solicitors and barristers. Representative experience includes advising:
In 2016 Suzanne presented to a delegation of the IBA and the Kazakhstan Bar Association on international regulation of lawyers.
Suzanne is author of Practical Law Company’s UK Guide to legal services regulation.
Disciplinary
Representative engagements include:
Education Law
Suzanne handles the range of education law cases advising students, academic staff, schools and governing bodies, universities, colleges, examining bodies and local authorities.
She has expertise in complementary areas of law including public law/judicial review, data protection, equality law, professional discipline, human rights and EU/State aid.
Her work includes representations in complaints against school and examination procedures and results. She also advises on contractual disputes raising negligence and damages claims.
Product Liability
Suzanne’s practice extends across the spectrum of product liability, particularly claims with a cross-border element.
She is an expert in EU law and her representations increasingly involve claims which interplay with EU product liability and safety regulation. Her work spans a range of sensitive industries including chemicals, construction, energy, food and drink, healthcare/medical devices/pharmaceuticals, transportation and communications.
Wide experience of EU and international human rights law. Suzanne has particular experience on human rights issues in regulatory investigations and enforcement by public authorities.
Representative experience includes:
Suzanne Rab maintains an active practice advising on new and emerging regulation internationally.
Countries of Work Experience:
Primarily United Kingdom and European Union.
International (non-UK): Other Europe (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey); CIS (Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Ukraine); North America (Canada and USA); South America (Brazil, Mexico); Asia (China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea); Africa (Algeria, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania); Middle East (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait)
Selected representative experience:
Suzanne Rab has expertise across a range of legal and regulatory issues arising in the acquisition, transfer and commercial exploitation of art, heritage and cultural products.
Representative experience includes matters relating to:
Suzanne Rab operates at the cutting edge of collective litigation, specialising in cases with a regulatory, data protection and competition law dimension.
In the financial services sector, for example, she represents the proposed class representative in a collective lawsuit against Mastercard and Visa on behalf of merchants accepting payments using UK corporate cards, and credit and debit cards from overseas visitors. The case, which has been filed in the Competition Appeal Tribunal, seeks compensation for businesses which were charged Multilateral Interchange Fees by their banks on Mastercard and Visa transactions. She has also advised on follow-on litigation arising from the European Commission’s Trucks cartel investigation.
Please visit Suzanne's Mediator online CV here.
Suzanne accepts instructions directly from members of the public under the Public Access scheme in all areas of her practice. In appropriate cases, for example, she may be able to and does act for private individuals, business owners, professional services consultancies and other organisations who are not represented by a qualified legal professional.
Competition Law (Best Lawyers 2024)
The Lawyer Hot 100 (2022)
Competition (Who's Who Legal 2018-2023)
Mediation (Who's Who Legal 2023)
Competition (The Legal 500 2016-2024)
Financial Services Regulation (The Legal 500 2020-2024)
Energy (Who's Who Legal: UK Bar 2018-2024)
Data (Who's Who Legal: UK Bar 2019)
Competition (Chambers & Partners 2016-2024)
Competition Law (Chambers Global 2021-2024)
Telecommunications Media & Technology (Who's Who Legal: UK Bar 2016-2017)
"Suzanne Rab has a varied client list that includes UK regulators, industry associations and solicitors in private practice. She handles follow-on and stand-alone damages claims and advises on appeals against CMA investigations. Rab has notable experience advising sector regulators on the exercise of their competition law powers." (Chambers and Partners, 2024)
"Suzanne is extremely bright, very hard-working, and spans an enormous range of issues." (Chambers and Partners, 2024)
"She has an impressive breadth of knowledge and engagement." (Chambers and Partners, 2024)
"She is very forensic and thorough and presents brilliantly in front of clients. She's very good to have alongside to give assurance to the client and a very helpful piece of armoury." (Chambers and Partners UK Bar, 2023)
"Suzanne is a real team player, works very hard and is highly commercial." (Legal 500, 2024)
"Technically excellent across a broad range of areas. Articulate and persuasive advocate. Always willing to go the extra mile to meet client needs." (Legal 500, 2023)
"Suzanne is technically excellent across a broad range of areas." (Legal 500, 2023)
Suzanne Rab from Serle Court is highly valued in the market for her “uniquely broad perspective” in the energy field, which “enables her to offer original solutions or options”. (Who's Who Legal, 2023)
"Is praised emphaticically by peers for her leading advice to businesses, regulators and governments on the gamut of energy disputes." (Whos Who Legal 2022)
"She is a force of nature: enormously energetic, proactive and gets into the detail." (Chambers & Partners, 2022)
"She has the expertise and commercial nous to be able to get under the legal issues and identify the client’s underlying commercial or regulatory concerns, and address them through her advice." (Chambers & Partners, 2022)
“She has a first-rate intellect and is a tenacious advocate. She has very sound judgement, combined with a commercial approach.” (The Legal 500, 2022)
Suzanne Rab of Serle Court comes highly recommended for her “excellent lateral and strategic thinking” in complex mediations. (Who's Who Legal, 2022)
Suzanne Rab from Serle Court is praised emphatically by peers for her leading advice to businesses, regulators and governments on the gamut of energy disputes. (Who's Who Legal, 2022)
"She will throw herself in with phenomenal energy and experience and packages that up in a client-friendly manner." (Chambers & Partners, 2021)
"Intellectually strong and tenacious, she really gets into the detail. Really hard working and dedicated, deep experience of the sector." (The Legal 500, 2021)
"Intellectually robust, tenacious, and gets into the detail." (The Legal 500, 2021)
The “excellent” Suzanne Rab from Serle Court is identified as a leading junior with “outstanding intellect” and extensive experience resolving complex energy disputes. (Who's Who Legal, 2021)
Serle Court’s Suzanne Rab is recognised for “her depth of knowledge and strategic thinking” as well as her “tenacity, commerciality, technical expertise and excellent client-handling skills”. (Who's Who Legal, 2021)
"Her written work is excellent; she is diligent and her advice is detailed but understandable for the client." (Chambers & Partners, 2020)
“A natural problem solver – her financial services and broader regulatory knowledge is extremely strong.” (The Legal 500, 2020)
"A first-class barrister with an encyclopaedic knowledge of her subject." (The Legal 500, 2020)
Suzanne Rab of Serle Court is “extremely diligent and forensic in her work”, praised for her “understanding of the intricacies of cases and the law to a deep level”. (Who's Who Legal, 2020)
"A natural problem solver – her financial services and broader regulatory knowledge is extremely strong." (The Legal 500, 2020)
Books
Co-author of UK chapter in Handbook of consumer protection and consumer behaviour in energy markets (2024, Taylor and Francis)
Co-editor of Building Bridges in European and Human Rights Law (2024, Hart/Bloomsbury)
Contributor to Legal Education and Legal Profession During and Beyond COVID-19. Studying Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author of chapters on Competition Law and Telecommunications in Artificial Intelligence Law and Regulation (2022, Edward Elgar Publishing)
Contributor to Cross-border Licensing of Copyright (forthcoming in 2018, Edward Elgar Publishing)
Co-author of Atkins Court Forms in Civil Proceedings, Competition Law (Volume 10), 2016 (new edition) Co-author of Hong Kong Competition Law (2016, Hart/Bloomsbury)
Co-author of Media Ownership and Control: Law, Economics and Policy in an Indian and International Context (2014, Hart Studies in Competition Law)
Author of Indian Competition Law, an International Perspective (first published by Wolters Kluwer, May 2012; supplement on cartel regulation published in January 2013)
Articles
60 Second Interview with Prof. Suzanne Rab - September 2024
Artificial Intelligence and the intersection with Data Protection and Data Privacy – EU developments in an international context - August 2024
"Collective Competition Law Actions: Challenges for case and costs management" - September 2023
"What can happen when a Conditional Fee Agreement goes wrong?" - March 2023
"Legal Systems in the UK (England and Wales)": Overview - December 2022
"Regulation of the Legal Profession in the UK (England and Wales)": Overview - December 2022
"Financial Services and Markets Bill: from retained EU law, to revocation and restatement" - November 2022
Comments in Accountancy Daily on Mazars resigning as the auditor for British Steel - October 2022
"Artificial Intelligence and IPR" - April 2022
"Indian antitrust private litigation: in need of reform?" - TL4 Disputes Magazine - March 2022
"Portland, Commercial Courts Report 2021" - April 2021
"Regulation of the legal profession in the UK (England and Wales): Overview" - March 2021
"LIBOR transition and managing competition law risk" - Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law - February 2021
"The Commercial Impact of the New Asian Trade Bloc on Global Supply Chains" - Legal Week - 15 December 2020
"Banking litigation offers appellate insight on sanctions compliance" - Global Legal Post - 29 July 2020
"Commission’s sector inquiry into the Internet of Things: an opportunity to develop regulatory clarity at an early stage" - SerleShare - 22 July 2020
"Just in time for Early Neutral Evaluation" - New Law Journal - 17 July 2020
"Resolving Covid-19 disputes and beyond" - CDR Magazine - 1 May 2020
"COVID-19: Resolving Legal Disputes through Virtual Mediation" - Practical Law - 24 April 2020
"Time For Presumptive Virtual Mediation In The UK" - Law360 - 21 April 2020
"COVID-19 & Virtual Mediation" - New Law Journal - 17 April 2020
"Human Rights, Diversity and Inclusion in the UK post-Brexit" - Brunel University Blog Post - 04 March 2020
"High Scrutiny of Hi-tech Data Practices" - Legal Week - 31 January 2020
"Regulation of the legal profession in the UK (England and Wales): Overview" - 13 January 2020
"Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, and Antitrust" - Competition Law Journal - December 2019
"Legal systems in the UK (England and Wales): Overview" - Practical Law - 12 December 2019
"In Broadcom Test, EU Tries to Resurrect 'Interim Measures'" - Law360 - 28 June 2019
"FCA investigations on the rise - what are the implications?" - Financial Director - 28 May 2019
"Gas and LNG: Territorial Restrictions, Destination Clauses and Profit Share Mechanisms" - Practical Law - 15 May 2019
"Regulation of the legal profession in the UK (England and Wales): Overview" - Practical Law Global Guide - 2018
"Legal systems in the UK (England and Wales): Overview" - Pracitcal Law Global Guide - 2018
"Creating a culture of competition - Hong Kong's competition regime two years on" - May 2018
"GDPR: Implications for Trustees and Personal Representatives." Practical Law Private Client - 11 April 2018.
"Running on In" - Competition Law Insight - Volume 17, Issue 3, March 2018.
"Not just a quick fix" - Competition Law Insight - August 2017
"Competition and fair play" - Competition Law Insight - 9 May 2017
"Across the spectrum" - Competition Law Insight - 17 January 2017
"Legal Systems in the UK (England and Wales) Overview - Practial Law Global Guide 2016/17 - December 2016
"Does applying merger control analysis give some useful insights in the 'legal separation' of BT and Openreach proposed by OFCOM - Practical Law - December 2016
"Regulation of the legal profession in the UK (England and Wales): overview - Practical Law Global Guide 2016/17 - September 2016
"EU telecoms consolidation" - Competition Law Insight - 7 June 2016
"European Commission blocks Hutchison/Telefonica tie-up" - The Brief - 24 May 2016
"Navigating EOPs - jurisdiction and compensation (Flight Refund v Deutsche Lufthansa)" - 15 March 2016
"Legal services under the competition spotlight" - CDR - 18 February 2016
"Competition law in Asia" - Competition Law Insight - 8 December 2015
"European Commission v Google: In search of a theory of abuse" - Solicitors Journal - 17 November 2015
“Merger remedies in the European Union” – ABA International Section, Antitrust Committee: The Newsletter – October 2015
"Merger remedies in the United Kingdom” – ABA International Section, Antitrust Committee: The Newsletter – October 2015
"A challenging time - Hong Kong gets serious about competition law" - 13 October 2015
"Competition law across the river" - China Business Law Journal - October 2015
"Safe harbour for liner cooperation?" - Splash - 18 August 2015
"State aid General Block Exemption" - Lexis Competiton PSL - June 2015
"State aid procedure - Lexis Competition PSL - June 2015
"State aid overview" - Lexis Competition PSL - June 2015
"Competition and regulatory disputes" - Practical Law - June 2015
"EU Sector Inquiries" - Lexis Competition PSL - April 2015
"Bristol Water Price Control: second chances with the CMA" - Water Briefing - April 2015
"Competition and the Banking Sector - an Overview" - March 2015
"An overview of competition law and intellectual property" - Lexis Competition PSL - March 2015
"Turbulence in the court" - Solicitors Journal - March 2015
"Estate agents feel the wrath of the CMA" - Competition Law, Property Law Journal - March 2015
"Liability of state and public bodies as 'undertakings' under EU and UK competition law" - LexisPSL Competition - February 2015
"The journey to settlement - Mediating competititon law disputes" - Competition Law Insight - December 2014
"EU competition: searching for answers" - The Law Society Gazette - November 2014
"Protecting Pluralism in India's Media Market" - East Asia Forum - Sept 2014
"Controlling the information - Who owns the EU's media - and who cares?" - Competition Law Insight - Sept 2014
"The development of access obligations in the communcations sector - Lexis - August 2014
"Infrastructure sharing in the telecommuncations sector" - Lexis - August 2014
"The OFT's Higher Education Report: Could do Better" - This is part of their series "Letters & Notes on Regulaton" - The Regulatory Policy Institute - July 2014
"The special responsibility of dominant owners" - Competition Law, Property Law Journal - July/August 2014
"The fire and Furnace of land covenants", Competition Law, Property Law Journal - June 2014
"The New EU Technology Transfer Block Exemption: A Note of Caution", Journal of Economic Law and Practice - May 2014
"New Technology Transfer Block Exemption and Guidelines" - 24 March 2014
"Vertical 'Hardcore' Restrictions In Europe, International Antitrust Committee: The Newsletter - Spring 2014
"Neighbourhood Watch", New Law Journal - 14 March 2014
"New Lease of Life", Estates Gazette - February 2014
"The Red White and Blue: Mrs Murphy revisited, The possible EU sector inquiry into premium rights" – Competition Economics Group Briefing Paper – December 2013
"The ex ante competition regime for broadcasting", Competition Economics Group Briefing Paper - 14 November 2013
“Media plurality (déjà vu), The DCMS consultation”, Competition Economics Group Briefing Paper – October 2013
“Media plurality and the UK agenda, The House of Lords call for Evidence”, Competition Economics Group Briefing – 11 June 2013
“Indian Cement Cartel: An International Comparative Analysis”, National Law School of India University Journal, Vol II 2013 (2013)11NLSJ – May 2013
“Protection meets competition”, China Business Law Journal – May 2013
“Switzerland Probes Abuse of Dominance in Pay TV Sports”, Competition Economics Group Briefing Paper – 17 May 2013
“Beyond Spectrum Spaghetti: the move to a single mobile market”, Competition Law Insight – April 2013
“The March of Media Reform: A UK Perspective on Australia”, FTI Whitepaper – 9 April 2013
“EU Competition Law and Joint Sales in LNG”, King & Spalding Energy Newsletter - April 2013
“Application of Competition Law to the Energy Sector: Changes to UK Concurrency Regime”, King & Spalding Energy Newsletter - March 2013
“Russia Gives Go-Ahead to Rosneft’s Acquisition of TNK-BP”, King & Spalding Energy Newsletter – February 2013
“Competition Law and the Energy Sector – EU, UK, and Beyond; Looking Ahead to 2013”, King & Spalding Energy Newsletter – February 2013
“New Competition Law in the United Arab Emirates: Implications for Doing Business in the Middle East”, ABA Section in International Law, Hot Topics in International Law – 31 January 2013
“Breaking seals in competition investigations – a ‘pandora’s box’ for compliance”, Financier Worldwide Market Outlook – January 2013
“Playing Power Games - Just how competitive are the energy companies?”, Competition Law Insight - 13 November 2012
"Competition Law Enforcement in India - Is the New Devil in the Data?", Competition Law Reports - October 2012
"UK Cartel Regulation", West Law - September 2012
"Getting to the Seoul of Price Fixing", Financier Worldwide - September 2012
"UK Launches Motor Insurance Market Investigation", King & Spalding Client Alert - 2 October 2012
"Indian Competition Law: 10 Years On - An International Perspective", Competition Law Reports - August 2012
"Delivering expert knowledge to global counsel", International Law Office - 20 July 2012
"Legal Privilege at home and abroad", American Bar Association, Business Torts and RICCO News - Summer 2012
"EU internal Energy Market Legislation Not Fully in Force", King & Spalding Energy Newsletter - June 2012
"EU and Swiss competition law: navigating the boundaries", Swiss Review of Business and Financial Market Law - July 2012
"Voice of Experience", The Glasshammer - 23 April 2012
"India turns up the heat on cartel enforcement with first fines in the energy sectors", King & Spalding Eneregy Newsletter - April 2012
"Health Competition: China v India", China Business Law Journal - April 2012
"4G or not 4G", Competition Law Insight - 20 March 2012
"ICC tribunal decides claim on commitments attached to European Commission's merger approval", Lexology - 29 February 2012
"EU Proposals on Transparency and Country-By-Country Reporting", Financial Fraud Law Report - February 2012
"Natural resources and keeping your head above water in the EU", King & Spalding Energy Newsletter - February 2012
"Competition and corruption", Competition Law Insight - 13 December 2011
"Dawn raids and criminalisation of cartels in Mexico and beyond - Are you ready?", Latin Lawyer - 24 Novemer 2011
"Fighting one's corner", Competition Law Insight - November 2011
"A new antitrust tiger", The Deal - October 2011
"Keeping up with the competition", India Business Law Journal - October 2011
"Refarming today, Ofcom gives the go-ahead for spectrum liberalization", Competition Law Insight - February 2011
"Lateral thinking on Private Sewer Transfer", Water Briefing - January 2011
"Competition Law: Rising up the agenda", Mlex Magazine - October - December 2010
"Pharmaceutical life cycle management under the UK competition spotlight", European Pharmaceutical Contractor - July 2010
"India's New Competition Law: No Longer the "Elephant in the Corner"?", International Company and Commercial Law Review, Sweet & Maxwell - Issue 3, 2009
"Forests or Forensics?", International Company and Commercial Law Review, ICCLR, November 2009
"Latest Dawn Raids in the Pharma Sector", Pharmiweb - October 2009
"From Ordered Competition - Towards a New Competitive Order?", European Competition Law Review, Sweet & Maxwell - September 2009
"European Commission Backs Down in Sector Inquiry Final Report but Problems Remain", Raj Pharma - August 2009
"EU Wrestles with Rules on States Aid for Broadband", Global Telecoms Business - June 2009
"Breaking Up is Hard to Do - National Merger Remedies in the Information and Communication Industries", European Competition Law Review, Sweet & Maxwell - May 2009
Video
"COVID-19: an introduction to virtual mediation" Practical Law - 12 May 2020
Comments
"Taking on tech" Law Gazette. 30 June 2023
"Royal Mail and BT awarded £20m in truck cartel ruling" The Times, February 2023
"The Coronavirus Bill: Everything you need to know" City A.M. 25th March 2020
"Coronavirus Poised To Test UK Courts’ Digital Skills" Law360, 23rd March 2020
"Thought leadership: Sainsbury's/Asda merger talks" Reuters Europe, 3rd May 2018
A Standout Year in the Chambers UK Bar 2025 Guide
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"Technically excellent across a broad range of areas. Articulate and persuasive advocate. Always willing to go the extra mile to meet client needs."
"She is a force of nature: enormously energetic, proactive and gets into the detail."
“She has a first-rate intellect and is a tenacious advocate. She has very sound judgement, combined with a commercial approach.”
"She has the expertise and commercial nous to be able to get under the legal issues and identify the client’s underlying commercial or regulatory concerns, and address them through her advice."
MA Jurisprudence (First Class), Oriel College, Oxford University
BCL, Competition Law, Conflict of Laws, Evidence, and Intellectual Property Law, Oriel College, Oxford University
Legal Practice Course, College of Law
Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales: 1999 (training contract 1997-1999)
Call to the Bar: 2013
Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland: 2018
Panel member. Office for the Internal Market
Non-executive board member of the Legal Aid Agency
Non-executive board member to the Press Recognition Panel
Expert Panel member of the UK Regulators Network
Law Lecturer, Oxford University.
Professor of Commercial Law and Practice Chair, Brunel University.
Visiting Professor, Imperial College Business School.
Senior Research Associate of Oxford Regulatory Policy Institute (RPI)
Consulting Editorial Board member for LexisNexis Competition.
Member of editorial board of Competition Law Insight.
The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Member of the Bar Standards Board Advisory Pool of Experts (Competition Law and Data Protection)
English, French, Spanish
Winner of Burton Award for Legal Achievement 2012 (Library of Congress, Washington D.C.)
Regular contributor to Lexis PSL Practice Notes on a range of competition law and regulatory topics. Author of Lexis PSL EU court monthly update.
Co-author of UK chapter in Handbook of consumer protection and consumer behaviour in energy markets (2024, Taylor and Francis)
Co-editor of Building Bridges in European and Human Rights Law (2024, Hart/Bloomsbury)
Contributor to Legal Education and Legal Profession During and Beyond COVID-19. Studying Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author of chapters on Competition Law and Telecommunications in Artificial Intelligence Law and Regulation (2022, Edward Elgar Publishing)
Contributor to Cross-border Licensing of Copyright (forthcoming in 2018, Edward Elgar Publishing)
Co-author of Atkins Court Forms in Civil Proceedings, Competition Law (Volume 10), 2016 (new edition) Co-author of Hong Kong Competition Law (2016, Hart/Bloomsbury)
Co-author of Media Ownership and Control: Law, Economics and Policy in an Indian and International Context (2014, Hart Studies in Competition Law)
Author of Indian Competition Law, an International Perspective (first published by Wolters Kluwer, May 2012; supplement on cartel regulation published in January 2013)
Interviews
Suzanne Rab interviewed on EU Advocate General Opinion in Apple State aid Tax Challenge - 9 November 2023
"Professor Suzanne Rab interviewed on the upcoming European decision on Microsoft's planned takeover of Activision" - 15 May 2023
"The Hot 100 career quiz": The Lawyer - 7 June 2022
"Facebook Privacy Concerns": BBC Business Briefing - 9 July 2019
"Sainsbury's and Asda Merge": BBC Worlds News - 20 February 2019
"Comcast beats Fox for Sky takeover": BBC World News - 24 September 2018
"'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech, say NGOs": BBC News - 11 September 2018
"Google faced with multibillion-euro penalty for abuse of dominant position in mobile operating systems": BBC World News - 18 July 2018
"GKN Shareholders vote on Melrose bid": BBC News and Radio London - 29 March 2018
Comments
Professor Suzanne Rab discusses European Commission approving Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision, Law360, Law.com, Global Competition Review and The Guardian - May, 2023
Activision Blizzard Hires Lord Pannick KC in Fight for $69 Billion Microsoft Deal - Lawyer Monthly, 10 May 2023
"Royal Mail and BT awarded £20m in truck cartel ruling" The Times, February 2023
"Gazprom Firmly in EC’s Antitrust Sights as Pressure Mounts From Skyrocketing Energy Prices, War in Ukraine" - The Capitol Forum, 11 April 2022
"Daiwa Ruling Reinforces Banks' Duty To Guard Against Fraud", Law360, 4 November 2019
"EU's 1st Fine In 16 Years Shows Predatory Pricing Challenges", Law360, 25 July 2019
"In Latest EU Fine, Signs of Google's Next Sanction" - The Law360 - 22 March 2019
"Sky share price jumps as investors welcome Comcast’s winning takeover bid" - The Independent - 24 September 2018
A Standout Year in the Chambers UK Bar 2025 Guide
We are delighted to announce that Serle Court has been recognised for another outstanding year in the Chambers UK Bar 2025... Read More
Professor Suzanne Rab writes for The European Advocate
In an article for The European Advocate, the journal of the Bar European Group, Professor Suzanne Rab writes, 'Artificial... Read More