Edward Coulson

Partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Speaker

Ed is a Partner and leads the Competition Litigation practice. He advises on complex competition litigation and class actions. His practice is focused on collective proceedings in the Competition Appeal Tribunal, cartel damages actions, abuse of dominance claims, and other competition and regulatory disputes, regularly involving group claims.

Ed has been at the forefront of major competition litigation for the last 15 years. He and his team won Litigation Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2023 for their win at trial in the first UK Trucks claim, now the leading cartel damages judgment in the UK. He has substantial competition litigation experience, which includes acting for the claimants in two of the most significant UK competition litigation cases of the last 10 years – the National Grid/GIS and Air Cargo damages claims.

Collective actions are growing in competition law disputes and Ed has acted both for and against large claimant groups. Ed has also acted both for and against claimants whose claims are funded by litigation funders. Understanding the practical and commercial dynamics of group and funded litigation, as Ed does, is vital to achieving successful outcomes in these cases.

Ed is ranked band 1 for Competition Law: Litigation in the Chambers 2024 UK guide and is listed as one of The Lawyer ’s Hot 100 for 2024.