Claire Simpson

Barrister, Legal Service at EFTA Surveillance Authority (subject to final confirmation)

Speaker

Claire is a barrister with over 20 years of international experience in the fields of EU, competition and tax law. In 2017 she joined the legal service of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, where she is responsible for the conduct of competition and internal market cases before the CJEU, GCEU and EFTA Court. 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. “C-617/17 PZU: ne bis in idem – First Steps towards a Twofold Test for idem?” 2019 JECLAP; "Dominant firms and selective discounting in the EU: When is 'meeting competition' a defence?" 2016 European Competition Journal). 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).