Nicola Chesaites

Partner @Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

London, GB

I am a barrister (England & Wales) and an advocaat (Belgium), practicing as a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in London, specialising in competition and EU litigation. I have extensive experience of competition damages litigation, representing claimants and defendants before the English courts, and the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal. A particular focus of my practice in the last six years has been collective (class) actions under the UK’s new class-action regime for competition claims, where I have acted on the claimant and defendant side. I also have significant experience in challenging and defending EU institutions in EU law disputes, having represented clients in EU banking, trade, pharmaceutical, transport and competition law disputes. I have appeared before the EU General Court and Court of Justice in Luxembourg in over 25 cases, and represented the EU in many trade disputes. I have been recognised by Who’s Who Legal, Competition in the category of the World’s Leading Claimant Lawyers for five years in a row (20••••21), UK Legal 50•••19) described me as a “key practitioner” in the area of competition litigation, having “played a leading role in a number of significant matters”, and I was ranked in UK Legal 50•••18) for competition litigation. I was also selected by The Lawyer in their 2017 \'Hot 100\' list of lawyers in the category of litigation.

Université de Paris X, Nanterre

Licence

University of Westminster

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

College of Europe, Bruges

Master of Laws (LL.M.)