Liam Colley

Liam Colley heads Cornerstone Research’s European competition practice. Mr. Colley is a testifying economics expert specializing in competition, antitrust damages, and economic regulation issues. He has more than thirty years of experience as a consultant and testifying expert. His experience includes multiple high-profile matters before UK and European Union courts and competition regulators. Citing the “unassailable quality of his work,” Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) has named Mr. Colley a leading competition economist, as well as a Thought Leader and Global Leader in the competition field.

Mr. Colley has testified before the UK High Court and the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), and in arbitration proceedings on both antitrust damages matters, antitrust disputes, and regulatory appeals.

Antitrust and competition

Mr. Colley has consulted on a range of competition matters before the European Commission, national competition authorities, regulators, and courts. His expertise includes matters arising in automotive; financial services; insurance; sports; technology, media, and telecom (TMT); and transportation. He has supported both private and public sector clients on numerous antitrust investigations and market inquiries.

Antitrust damages

Mr. Colley has wide experience estimating damages that arise from breaches of competition rules. In cartel damages matters, he has prepared numerous expert reports in the context of high court litigation, arbitration, and mediation proceedings. He has been instructed on multiple class action matters before the UK Competition Appeals Tribunal, as well as stand-alone and follow-on actions in both the UK High Court and the CAT.

Mr. Colley publishes and speaks widely on competition and damages issues.