Nicholas Frey
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Competition Law: Litigation
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About
Provided by Nicholas Frey
Practice Areas
Nick specialises in antitrust litigation, behavioural antitrust/compliance investigations, commercial litigation and arbitration. He has represented clients in many leading UK, EU and global antitrust-related and commercial mandates, including pleading orally before the EU courts and in arbitration. Nick has a particular experience of coordinating complex multi-jurisdictional disputes and class-actions. He leads the firm’s UK mass claims team and co-leads the global antitrust litigation group. He has advised in various sectors, including TMT, financial services, GIG and energy work.
Career
With Freshfields since 2005. Nick is an English qualified Solicitor Advocate, an Honorary Associate Professor at Exeter University and a UK Observer for the UN Competition Policy group.
Publications
ABA class actions guide.
Class action Litigation South Africa.
Misc. articles in CPI and CLJ.
Personal
Native Swede, with good Scandinavian, French and Russian language skills.
Chambers Review
UK
Nicholas Frey defends clients in private damages actions following decisions in investigations into possible abuses of dominance or cartel involvement. He has notable experience in high-profile class action proceedings, as well as assisting clients with appeals against fines. He counts transport and financial services companies amongst his clients.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Nicholas Frey is super smart, a great strategist, always well prepared and accessible to clients."
"He is a real pragmatist and is completely unflappable."
"Nicholas Frey is an excellent litigator and strategist who thinks around the problem and plans well for possible scenarios."
"He is really hard-working and really fights his corner. He has been prepared to make brave calls and take strategic risks that have paid off."
"Nicholas Frey is super smart, a great strategist, always well prepared and accessible to clients."
"He is a real pragmatist and is completely unflappable."
"Nicholas Frey is an excellent litigator and strategist who thinks around the problem and plans well for possible scenarios."
"He is really hard-working and really fights his corner. He has been prepared to make brave calls and take strategic risks that have paid off."
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