Bio

Matthew Hall is a commercially-focused antitrust/competition lawyer, who lived and worked in Brussels for 18 years and is now based in London. He specializes in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious EU and UK antitrust/competition law, including State aid/subsidies. He also advises on EU and UK internal market and regulatory law, as well as BREXIT issues and EU/UK Relations law. His litigation experience includes cases before both the EU courts in Luxembourg and the English courts. He is qualified as a lawyer in Belgium (Francophone Brussels Bar, A List), England & Wales (solicitor) and Ireland (solicitor, non-practising). He holds dual UK/Belgian nationality. Matthew has substantial experience of merger control proceedings (including “second phase”, remedies and worldwide “multijurisdictional” matters), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) rules, strategic business advice and competition risk management, State aid/subsidies, cartel and abuse of dominance cases, competition litigation, appeals, competition compliance/training, competition audits and market/sector investigations. He regularly provides competition/antitrust counselling on trading agreements and practices for a range of multinational clients. He advises both main parties and third party interveners in regulatory and government investigations and proceedings and has regular dealings with the European Commission, UK Competition and Markets Authority and other government bodies, courts and regulators in the EU, UK and elsewhere. Matthew also advises in relation to EU and UK internal market rules, including in particular free movement, market liberalization, and public procurement/government contracts. His experience further includes a wide range of EU and UK regulatory matters, including the specific regimes covering, amongst other sectors, pharmaceutical products, life sciences including medical devices, veterinary products, chemicals/REACH, transportation, food and beverage and energy. He also advises on EU/UK Relations law and BREXIT issues. Matthew has held various positions in the Leadership of the American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section, including as Vice Chair of the International Committee. For 2019-2023 he is Vice Chair of the Committee on Serial Podcast Programming and is a host of the Section’s podcast, Our Curious Amalgam. He is a past member of the steering committee of the ABA, International Law Section, International Antitrust Committee and of the steering group of the UK Procurement Lawyers’ Association. He is also a past Vice Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, EU Committee, Competition and Trade Task Force. Matthew regularly speaks at seminars, conferences and internal and external training sessions on various competition/antitrust law and regulatory topics. He also publishes on these topics, including for a range of ABA publications, and was nominated for the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards. He has been recognised in a range of industry guides.