Alec J. Burnside

Alec J. Burnside concentrates on EU competition law and over the past three decades has practised across a wide range of competition law disciplines, regularly working on high-profile cases with implications for global industries, governments and leading corporations. Given his experience, he has become a widely-recognised and highly sought-after adviser in matters involving merger clearances, cartel defence, state aid, and abuse of dominance. His wide-ranging sector expertise spans financial services, IT, consumer products, energy, natural resources, manufacturing, military, pharmaceuticals, transport and logistics, and telecoms.

Alec has been widely published and is frequently called on for comment in the media, in Brussels and internationally.

Education:

Downing College, Cambridge

College of Law. London

Institut d'Etudes Europennes, Brussels.