Peter Freeman CBE KC (Hon)

PETER FREEMAN CBE, KC (hon) was, from 2013 until recently, a Chairman of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and a Board Member of the Competition Service. He is now a Senior Adsviser to the Tribunal. From 2005-2011 he was Chairman of the UK Competition Commission, having been a Deputy Chairman since 2003. Prior to that he practised for 30 years at the international law firm Simmons & Simmons, 25 of them as a partner, managing the Commercial Department and heading the EC and Competition Law practice group. From 2011-2013 he was Senior Consultant to the international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. He is a member of the Lloyds Enforcement Appeal Tribunal Panel, and a non-executive Board Member of the Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO).

Peter Freeman co-founded the Regulatory Policy Institute, Oxford in 1991, and is currently Vice Chairman. He has written and spoken widely on competition and regulatory law.