James is a Senior Consultant in Oxera’s Competition team. He has worked on cases involving anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance and damages, across a variety of industries including financial services, energy, communications and retail.

James has particular expertise in competition litigation cases in the UK, where he has advised both claimants and defendants in relation to standalone and follow-on claims arising from cartels, other forms of agreements and abuse of dominance. This includes advising National Grid in relation to its claim against the Gas Insulated Switchgear cartel, advising Mastercard in its defence against a number of damages claims regarding interchange fees, advising BritNed, National Grid and Scottish Power in relation to their claims against the high voltage cables cartel and advising Google regarding its defence against a number of damages claims following the Google Shopping decision (2018−present).