Simon Baker has worked in the field of competition policy since 1989, having spent 6 years as an economist with the OFT and DTI, working almost exclusively on competition matters, and the last 8 years in private practice. He has written widely on competition policy issues, in the Financial Times and the European Competition Law Review amongst others. He is a consulting editor of UK Competition Law Reports.
Simon has advised clients in numerous domestic and European cases, including many EC Commission Phase II merger cases, and has authored reports and run training seminars for competition and regulatory agencies in the UK and the Netherlands. His recent private client work has included work for Shell, J Sainsbury and BT.