Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy

University College London

Professor of International Competition Law and Regulation

Kings College London

Associate Professor of Competition Law and Policy

University College London

Senior Lecturer in Competition Law

Kings College London

Lecturer in Law

University College London

Professor of Competition Law and Economics

Professor of Competition Law

University of Cambridge

Reader in Competition Law

Queen Mary University

Luvya is a final-year LLB student at UCL Faculty of Laws with interests in competition law, the intangible economy, and regulatory institutional design. He has worked as a Legal Researcher with ClientEarth on corporate governance and directors' duties. He intends to pursue a career in commercial legal practice with a focus on competition and regulatory law.

Leeanne is an LLM candidate in Competition Law at UCL, holding an LLB from Durham University. Her interest in competition law developed through internships with leading firms in Singapore, where she worked on merger control, joint venture analysis, and comparative EU–Singapore competition regimes. She is particularly interested in the intersection of competition law and digital markets, and hopes to contribute to cross-border competition policy and enforcement.

Anoushka is a final-year LLB student at UCL Faculty of Laws with a particular interest in digital market ecosystems and how competition law responds to platform dominance. Her dissertation examines the regulatory assumptions embedded in the Online Safety Act and Digital Services Act. As a Laidlaw Scholar, she researched access to justice in tort litigation in England and Wales. She intends to pursue postgraduate study in competition law and financial markets.

Rodrigo Zilio is a Brazilian-qualified lawyer and LLM candidate at UCL, with interests at the intersection of competition law, international trade, and foreign investment law. He previously worked at Demarest Advogados and MPA Trade Law in São Paulo, assisting with merger control filings, cartel investigations, and abuse of dominance matters, as well as anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations.

Alexander is an LLM Competition Law student at UCL, having graduated from UCL Law (LLB) with First Class Honours in 2024. His research interests focus on competition issues in digital markets and private enforcement of competition law. His master's essay examines whether unclaimed damages in opt-out collective actions pose challenges for the UK's competition collective redress regime.

Hilary is an MSc (Law and Finance) candidate at UCL Faculty of Laws and School of Management. His research focuses on the intersection of law and finance, with his dissertation examining tough legacy contracts following the LIBOR scandal. His work has been published in Trusts and Trustees, Legal Studies, Hong Kong Law Journal, and Arbitration.

Dominic is an LLM Competition Law candidate at UCL and a qualified lawyer in Germany, having studied at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf where he received the faculty prize in competition and intellectual property law. His master's thesis explores the intersection of football and competition law. He has experience at international law firms and the German Federal Cartel Office.

Dara is an LL.M. Competition Law candidate at UCL. She holds a Bachelor’s Law diploma from the West University of Timisoara. Her research focuses on ecosystem implications in merger control under the supervision of Professor Ioannis Lianos. During her undergraduate studies she participated in several EU and international moot court competitions and served as an editor for a Romanian national law publication. 

Xinze is an LLM candidate in Competition Law at UCL. His research focuses on anti‑monopoly law and digital market regulation, combining doctrinal and quantitative research approaches. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in Law and International Politics from the China University of Political Science and Law. As an accredited mediator, he has developed practical skills in negotiation and dispute resolution alongside his academic research. 

Maro is a final-year LLB student at UCL Faculty of Laws with an interest in competition law and digital market regulation. Her dissertation examines EU AI liability frameworks in autonomous shipping. She has gained professional experience at PwC, Kerameus and Partners in Athens, and Simmons & Simmons.

Gonzalo is a Chilean-qualified lawyer and LLM candidate in Competition Law at UCL, supervised by Todd Davies. His research essay focuses on the DMA's impact on Apple's ecosystem from an innovation standpoint. He previously worked as an associate at a law firm in Chile and holds a Diploma in Competition Law from the Catholic University of Chile (PUC), where he is a senior assistant at the Competition Program.

Charlie is an LLM student at UCL specialising in competition law, with interests in the competition-democracy nexus and the relationship between competition law and labour law. He read law at Trinity College, Cambridge, and before UCL taught maths in a state secondary school in Essex through Teach First. He is a research assistant at UCL's Centre for Law, Economics and Society and is assisting with this year's ASCOLA conference.

Malakie is a final-year Law student at UCL with a strong interest in competition and antitrust law. His dissertation examines the intersection of competition law and sport, exploring how antitrust principles apply to sporting governance and the tension between regulatory autonomy and market-based competition frameworks. He has also developed an interest in financial and regulatory law through experience at the Bank of England and AstraZeneca.

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