Biography: Competition

Stephen Kinsella OBE is a partner in Sidley's Brussels and London offices, where he focuses on EU and UK competition law and EU regulatory law.

Mr Kinsella has practised European competition and regulatory law for over 25 years. He has extensive experience in the application of EU competition law, including merger control, cartel investigations, litigation and antitrust counselling on a broad variety of commercial practices. Mr Kinsella has been involved in a large number of high-profile cases before the European Commission and national competition authorities, and has represented clients in numerous landmark cases before the European Courts.

Mr Kinsella has advised clients in a wide spectrum of industries and business sectors, including telecommunications, media and broadcasting, internet and e-commerce, music, pharmaceuticals and chemicals. He also counsels clients on intellectual property law.

Mr Kinsella was appointed Officer of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for "services to British commercial interests in Belgium" in 2002. He is co-chair of the international committee of the American Bar Association's antitrust section, past chairman of the International Bar Association's antitrust and trade law committee, former president of the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, on the editorial board of Competition Law International Journal and senior editor of the competition policy magazine GCP.

Mr Kinsella speaks and publishes widely on a variety of competition law subjects. He has contributed to publications including Getting the Deal Through - Vertical Agreements, published by Global Competition Review. Recent publications include: 'Is it a hearing if nobody is listening?', Competition Policy International, March 2010, "Why shareholders should not share the blame in the EU", co-authored with Anouck Meier, Competition Policy International, November 2009. He is admitted in England and Wales.

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