Jonathan Branton Explained

Jonathan Branton is an English lawyer. He is Head of EU/Competition at the English law firm DWF and also leads the Government & Public Sector group. He is a specialist on UK and EU Competition and EU State Aid Law.[1] Branton is also one of the most experienced trade law lawyers in the UK, specializing in EU and WTO trade law, with extensive experience in pleading before the EU courts.

Competition and State Aid Law

Branton is head of EU/Competition Law at DWF. Previously he was a partner at Cobbetts LLP,[2] premier Irish law firm Matheson, and a partner in the Brussels office of Hammonds LLP.[3] He is qualified as an English and Irish solicitor.[4]

He has written on EU State aid and competition law, and on EU Trade Law.[5] [6] [7] [8] He wrote with Professor David O'Keeffe a ground-breaking article which has now become a classic on urban regeneration in the UK and EU State Aid Law.[9] The legal directories rate him particularly highly for his State aid expertise.[10]

EU and WTO Trade Law

As a trade lawyer, he has litigated many cases before the European Court of Justice and the General Court of the EU. He had a major victory against the Council of the European Union in the landmark Mukand anti-subsidy case which explored the boundary between trade law and competition law, a judgment which is still much discussed.[11] Other well-known trade law cases include Europe Chemi-Con (Deutschland) v Council,[12] Moser Baer India Ltd v Council of the European Union,[13] and many others. His expert writings on EU trade law in leading journals have been judicially cited with approval.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Business law firm DWF has recruited leading EU competition specialist, Jonathan Branton, as national head of EU competition.. New Law Journal. 11 March 2015.
  2. Web site: DWF signs up Cobbetts head of EU competition to lead firm's practice. Legal Week . 11 March 2015.
  3. Web site: Hammonds hit by latest Brussels partner loss. Legal Week . 11 March 2015.
  4. Web site: DWF Group website. 17 April 2020.
  5. Book: The European Business Handbook 2003. registration. 26. jonathan branton article.. 2003. Kogan Page Publishers. 9780749439750 . Adam Jolly . 11 March 2015.
  6. Web site: A boost for local economies. Public Finance. 11 March 2015. dead. https://archive.today/20150311125600/http://opinion.publicfinance.co.uk/2014/07/a-boost-for-local-economies/. 11 March 2015.
  7. Web site: Articles by Jonathan Branton. Globe Business Publishing Ltd. 11 March 2015.
  8. J. Branton, Trade Law Meets Antitrust in the European Court: Judgment in Mukand v Council, International Trade Law Review, 2001, p. 184 et seq.
  9. Web site: State Aid and Urban Regeneration: A UK Perspective. J. Branton . D. O'Keeffe . European State Aid Law Quarterly (2007). 11 March 2015.
  10. https://dwfgroup.com/en/people/j/jonathan-branton Jonathan Branton profile
  11. Web site: Case T-58/99, Mukand Ltd, Isibars Ltd, Ferro Alloys Corporation Ltd and Viraj Impoexpo Ltd v Council of the European Union. 29 September 2016.
  12. Web site: Case C-422/02 P, Europe Chemi-Con (Deutschland) GmbH v Council of the European Union . 29 September 2016.
  13. Web site: Case T-300/03, Moser Baer India Ltd v Council of the European Union . 29 September 2016.
  14. Web site: Opinion of Advocate General Trstenjak, Case C-535/06 P, Moser Baer India Ltd v Council of the European Union . 29 September 2016.

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