Rhodri Thompson KC (born 5 May 1960) is an English

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Early life

Rhodri Thompson was born in Farnborough,

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Education and career

Rhodri earned and MA (Oxon) and BPhil (Oxon) from

University College, Oxford University College, formally The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University commonly called University College in the University of Oxford and colloquially referred to as "Univ", is a Colleges of the University of Oxf ...

. Thomson was called to the Bar (

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court entitled to Call to the bar, call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with whi ...

) in 1989. He was a member of Monckton Chambers 1990–2000. He left in 2000 and became a founding Member of

. Thomson was appointed

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in 2002. Rhodri is a specialist in competition law and European Community law. He is also a recognised leader in public law and sports law. He received the 2008 EU/Competition law Silk of the Year Award from Chambers and Partners.

Professional reputation

*Chambers and Partners 2011 ranks Rhodri Thompson QC as a leading silk in EU/Competition law. Described as “the star competition lawyer”, Rhodri “has an enviable reputation for handling the thorniest of EU and competition issues...he is an extremely attractive advocate as he assimilates huge amounts of information easily, and presents responses in a superbly coherent way”. *Legal 500 2010/2011 recommends Rhodri Thompson QC as a leading silk in Admin and Public law; Civil Liberties and Human Rights; EU and Competition, “tower of strength on complex matters”; and Media, Entertainment and Sport. *Legal 500 describes Rhodri as a provider of “excellent advice”, with “excellent judgement”, and as a “tower of strength on complex matters”. According to Chambers & Partners, Rhodri is “good when under attack, which is a sign of great character and talent”. *Legal 500 2009 recommends Rhodri as a leading silk in Competition/EU law (ranked 1st), appreciated for his “clarity of thinking and ability to structure and present complex arguments”. Griffin

Publication

*Single Market for Pharmaceuticals (1994), EC Law of Competition (contrib, 4, 5 and 6 edns) *Contributor to Bellamy & Child, Common Market Law of Competition, 4th-5th edition (on common horizontal agreements), 6th edition, 2008 (Article 82)(Sweet & Maxwell) *"Dishonest agreements"

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Comp LR 94 (with Ken Macdonald QC) *"Goodbye to the dominance test? Substantive appraisal under the new EC merger regime"

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Comp LJ *"Community law and the limits of deference"

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References

External links

Rhodri Thompson QC Matrix Chambers Profile
(Matrix Chambers) {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Rhodri Alumni of University College, Oxford English barristers English King's Counsel 21st-century King's Counsel Members of the Middle Temple Members of Matrix Chambers English lawyers Living people 1960 births