Andrew Hockley

Andrew heads BLP's Antitrust & Competition team. He has extensive experience in the mainstream competition areas of mergers, cartels, abuse of dominance, distribution and other commercial relationships. Andrew also advises a number of the UK's leading utilities, their counterparties and investors on issues of economic regulation. Andrew is recognised for building a market-leading Competition Litigation practice, advising both defendants and claimants on the most important cases in the UK. Prior to joining BLP, Andrew was Competition Counsel at BP plc and responsible for advising all areas of the business, including its European retail portfolio, on competition law and regulatory matters. Andrew has worked in private practice in Brussels and London, where he has represented clients on numerous high-profile cases before the European Commission and national competition authorities. Andrew holds post-graduate qualifications in competition law and economics from Kings College London. He is an English-qualified solicitor, a former member of the Brussels Bar and contributes actively to numerous competition law publications, organisations and events. Andrew is ranked as one of the UK's leading competition lawyers in Legal 500 2017, where he is described as a 'Fantastic' practice head, giving 'high-calibre, laser-focused, sound and sensible advice'. He is also ranked in GCR's Who's Who 2018.