The President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal is pleased to announce that the Department for Business and Trade has appointed three new members to the Tribunal’s panel of Ordinary Members.
The new members are:
Greg Olsen
Greg practised as a solicitor specialising in merger control and EU and UK behavioural competition law from 1995 to 2024. He led the UK competition practice of Jones Day from 2001 to 2007 and was a partner with Clifford Chance from 2007 to 2024, latterly as head of the UK competition team. Greg is a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Competition Policy, Director of the South East London Catholic Academy Trust and past trustee of the NZUK Link Foundation.
Paula Riedel
Paula qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and practised as a competition lawyer for 28 years, as associate and partner at Linklaters LLP and subsequently partner at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, advising on all aspects of competition law and merger control and on utility regulation. From 1999-2001 she was seconded to the Department of Trade and Industry, working in particular on the development of the UK's merger control system. She was also a long-standing tutor on the King's College Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law, author of a number of competition law related publications and a participant in several competition law committees.
Rosalind Kellaway
Rosalind qualified as a solicitor in 1984 and has advised on competition law for more than 30 years. She was a partner in Eversheds Sutherland International LLP from 1989 to May 2024 and the International Co-Chair of the Competition, EU and Trade team there from 1994 to 2023. Her experience in private practice included cartels, abuse of dominance, vertical agreements, market investigations and merger control across a wide range of businesses. She has been a long standing member of the Joint Working Party on Competition Law of the Bar and Law Society and is a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Sussex Business School.
Notes:
- Ordinary Members are selected for their expertise in law, business, accountancy, economics and other related fields.
- Cases are heard before a Tribunal consisting of three members: either the President or a member of the panel of Chairmen and two Ordinary Members.
- The new members are appointed for eight years and paid according to the amount of time that they spend working for the Tribunal based on a daily rate of £400. The appointments carry no right of pension, gratuity or allowance on their termination.
- All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process. However, in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees’ political activity to be made public. None of the new members are politically active.
- These roles are regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA).