Jonathan Branton

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Jonathan Branton is an English lawyer. He is Head of EU/Competition at the English law firm DWF and also leads the Government & Public Sector group. He is a specialist on UK and EU Competition and EU State Aid Law.[1] Branton is also one of the most experienced trade law lawyers in the UK, specializing in EU and WTO trade law, with extensive experience in pleading before the EU courts.

Competition and State Aid Law

Branton is head of EU/Competition Law at DWF. Previously he was a partner at Cobbetts LLP,[2] premier Irish law firm Matheson, and a partner in the Brussels office of Hammonds LLP.[3] He is qualified as an English and Irish solicitor.[4]

He has written on EU State aid and competition law, and on EU Trade Law.[5][6][7][8] He wrote with Professor David O'Keeffe a ground-breaking article which has now become a classic on urban regeneration in the UK and EU State Aid Law.[9] The legal directories rate him particularly highly for his State aid expertise.[10]

EU and WTO Trade Law

As a trade lawyer, he has litigated many cases before the European Court of Justice and the General Court of the EU. He had a major victory against the Council of the European Union in the landmark Mukand anti-subsidy case which explored the boundary between trade law and competition law, a judgment which is still much discussed.[11] Other well-known trade law cases include Europe Chemi-Con (Deutschland) v Council,[12] Moser Baer India Ltd v Council of the European Union,[13] and many others. His expert writings on EU trade law in leading journals have been judicially cited with approval.[14]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Business law firm DWF has recruited leading EU competition specialist, Jonathan Branton, as national head of EU competition". New Law Journal. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. ^ "DWF signs up Cobbetts head of EU competition to lead firm's practice". Legal Week. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Hammonds hit by latest Brussels partner loss". Legal Week. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. ^ "DWF Group website". Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  5. ISBN 9780749439750
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  6. ^ "A boost for local economies". Public Finance. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Articles by Jonathan Branton". Globe Business Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  8. ^ J. Branton, Trade Law Meets Antitrust in the European Court: Judgment in Mukand v Council, International Trade Law Review, 2001, p. 184 et seq.
  9. ^ J. Branton; D. O'Keeffe. "State Aid and Urban Regeneration: A UK Perspective" (PDF). European State Aid Law Quarterly (2007). Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  10. ^ Jonathan Branton profile
  11. ^ "Case T-58/99, Mukand Ltd, Isibars Ltd, Ferro Alloys Corporation Ltd and Viraj Impoexpo Ltd v Council of the European Union". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Case C-422/02 P, Europe Chemi-Con (Deutschland) GmbH v Council of the European Union". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Case T-300/03, Moser Baer India Ltd v Council of the European Union". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Opinion of Advocate General Trstenjak, Case C-535/06 P, Moser Baer India Ltd v Council of the European Union". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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