Administrative and Public
Law

Key contacts

No business operates free from the actions ofgovernment departments, agencies, and regulators.
When their actions affect your business, you need to beable to hold them to account.

Charles Brasted,New legislation, a policy decision, a regulatory
outcome. When the issue is business critical, you want ateam that understands how to achieve the commercial
result you need. A team that is adept at bringing legallycomplex challenges in technically difficult areas. And
making them simple enough to succeed. A team that
understands your commercial objectives and thepressures public bodies face. A team that knows
litigation is never an end in itself and delivers a fullyrounded strategy.

Andrew Eaton,

And if you are a public body, you want that same teamfighting your corner — helping you to make legally
robust decisions that are attuned to the political andpolicy challenges you face.
Our administrative and public law team has substantial
experience acting in the most high-profile and complex
administrative and public law cases before domestic
and international courts and tribunals. We understandthe legal and commercial complexities and politicalsensitivities that such cases involve.
The breadth and depth of regulatory knowledge of ourglobal practice is peerless. We combine ouradministrative and public law experience with that ofLondon

Julia Marlow,
LondonLondonDervla Simm,
LondonAreas of focus
BrexitJudicial Review
UK Administrative Law
UK Parliamentary Affairsgovernment relations and policy advocacy, to give ourclients integrated, strategic assistance. We use the fullrange of arguments and approaches in a way that issensitive to your objectives and the political andcommercial risks involved.

Representative experience
Advising The Crown Estate on Scottish devolution andthe statutory transfer of its Scottish functions.
The UK Gas and Electricity Markets Authority on arange of major regulatory projects, policies, andchallenges, including CMA appeals to the newelectricity distribution pricing regime.
Advising the Government of Iceland on potential legal
challenges in the UK, European, ECHR, and international
courts to the UK's actions during the banking crisis.
Acting for a U.S. corporation in successful human rights
litigation to recover debts from a Ukrainian stateowned company after a decade-long legal battle inUkraine.
Securing a landmark decision annulling an EU directive
on tobacco advertising on competence grounds,including obtaining an interim injunction against
implementation.
Advising NATS on responding to various judicial
reviews against airspace changes and on its regulatory
relationship with the Civil Aviation Authority.
Acting for the UK Petroleum Industry Association in achallenge before the UK and EU Courts to theimplementation of environmental measures.
Acting for a number of oil drilling companies in an EUlaw based challenge (in UK and EU courts) to new UK
corporation tax measures.
Acting for T-Mobile in parallel judicial review andCompetition Appeal Tribunal proceedings in relation tothe proposed auction by Ofcom of 4G radio spectrum.

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