Simon Holmes

Simon Holmes is a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal based in London. He is also an academic visitor at the Institute of European and Comparative Law and the Centre for Competition Law and Policy, Oxford University; an associate member of the UCL Centre for Law, Economics and Society; a legal adviser to the NGO, ClientEarth; and a non governmental adviser to UNCTAD helping develop an agreement on international cooperation in competition enforcement. Until the UK left the EU last month he was also a non governmental adviser to the European Commission for the International Competition Network. Before joining the Competition Appeal Tribunal, he worked as a lawyer at SJ Berwin/King & Wood Mallesons in London between 1994 and 2016, firstly as a Partner but more latterly as Head of UK department, European Head and Global Head of Competition. He currently teaches competition law at Oxford University and is a regular writer, speaker and chair on competition law and regulatory matters at conferences and seminars around the world. He has a particular interest in competition law and sustainability and is writing and speaking on this on a regular basis.