Claire Simpson

Barrister, Legal Service at EFTA Surveillance Authority

Speaker

Claire is a barrister with over 25 years of international experience in the fields of competition, internal market and tax law. In 2017 she joined the legal service of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, where she is responsible for the conduct of cases before the CJEU, GCEU and EFTA Court. Claire’s recent cases include C-48/22 P Google Shopping, C-611/22 P Illumina, Grail, C-223/23 Alphabet (Android Auto), C-245/20 P Apple, Ireland v Commission, C-298/22 Banco BPN and C-376/20 P CK Telecoms. Prior to EFTA, Claire was Group Head of Competition law at Euroclear, where she covered a range of antitrust issues worldwide, including in relation to blockchain, data and international collateral management. From 1999 to 2007 Claire practised from Gray's Inn Tax Chambers, London, following a stint with Judge Cooke in the General Court of the EU.

Claire writes on relevant competition law matters (e.g. “CJEU Revisits its Case-Law to Find Damages Can be Claimed Before National Courts for the Air Freight Cartel, Also During the Transitional Period: Case C-819/19 Stichting Cartel Compensation”, 2022 JECAP). She holds an LL.B(Hons) from the University of Edinburgh, and Masters degrees from the College of Europe, Bruges (EU law), and the Brussels School of Competition (Competition law and Economics, summa cum laude).