Matthew Hall is an English lawyer, resident in Brussels, whose practice concentrates on all areas of EU and UK competition/antitrust law, including State aid. He also advises on EU internal market law, including public procurement, and EU regulatory law. His litigation experience includes cases before the EU courts in Luxembourg. On the competition/antitrust side, Matthew has substantial experience with merger control (including “second phase” and worldwide multijurisdictional cases), State aid, cartels, competition litigation (including cartel and other follow-on cases), competition compliance/training, competition audits, market investigations and general counselling on trading agreements and practices including abuse of dominance, distribution (including on-line), agency and cooperation agreements between competitors. He advises main parties in regulatory and government investigations and third party complainants and has regular dealings with the European Commission, UK Competition and Markets Authority and other government bodies, courts and regulators in the EU and elsewhere. Matthew is vice chair of the American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Antitrust Law’s (SAL) Economics Committee, a former vice chair of the SAL’s International Committee and a member of the steering committee of the ABA, Section of International Law’s International Antitrust Committee.
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