Professor Chris Townley
Professor of International Competition Law & Regulation
Research interests
- Law
Contact details
Biography
Chris Townley joined King’s in 2007. Previously, he worked as a solicitor at Clifford Chance LLP and then as Principal Case Officer at The Office of Fair Trading. Since joining King's, Chris has provided teaching and/ or advice to several bodies, including the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (Columbia), the Egyptian Competition Authority, The National Boadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (Thailand), The NHS, the Office of Fair Trading, Ofcom and The Pakistan Competition Commission.
Teaching
Undergraduate
- EU Competition Law
- Consumer Protection: Advising Global Businesses and their Customers
Graduate
- Competition Law & Regulated Network Industries
- Economics of Competition Law
Research interests
Chris’ research interests lie in the relationship between competition law, particularly European competition law and other areas, such an environmental or cultural policy; or EU constitutional law. He has recently started a new research project examining the Development of Policy within the European Competition Network.
PURE profile
See Professor Townley's Research Portal profile for full details.
Exploring the potential and limits of digital tools for inclusive regulatory engagement with citizens
Townley, C. & Koop, C., Mar 2024, In: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY. 41, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 101901.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Considerations for a “top-to-bottom review” of the ICN: Legitimacy, effectiveness and efficiency
Guidi, M., Tavares, M. & Townley, C., 1 Sept 2022, In: Concurrences Journal . 2022, 3, p. 1 21 p., Art. N° 107347.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Where influence lies in the International Competition Network
Townley, C., 1 Jan 2021, Challenges to Assumptions in Competition Law. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 124-160 37 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Law and Politics of Global Competition: Why and How Non-state Actors Seek Influence in the International Competition Network
Townley, C., Guidi, M. & Tavares, M., 14 Feb 2022, In: Utilities Law review. 23, 4, p. 136-140 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Law and Politics of Global Competition: Influence and Legitimacy in the International Competition Network
Townley, C., Guidi, M. & Tavares, M., 31 Jan 2022, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 400 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Influence in the International Competition Network (ICN): Who seeks it, how do they do this and why?
Townley, C. P., Tavares, M. & Guidi, M., 7 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) The ICN at Twenty. Lugard, P., Culliford, P. & Anderson, D. (eds.). 57 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
The Constitutional Limits of EU Competition Law – United in Diversity
Townley, C. & Türk, A., 1 Jun 2019, In: Antitrust Bulletin. 64, 2, p. 235-283Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Framework for European Competition Law: Co-ordinated Diversity
Townley, C., 29 Nov 2018, 1st ed. Hart Publishing. 584 p. (Hart Studies in Competition Law; vol. 20)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Big Data and Personalised Price Discrimination in EU Competition Law
Townley, C., Morrison, E. & Yeung, K., 13 Dec 2017, In: Yearbook of European Law. 36, p. 683–748 66 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Landmark Cases in Competition Law
Townley, C., 2013, In: EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW REVIEW. 34, 8, p. 447-449Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Competition Law
Jones, A. & Townley, C., Apr 2014, European Union Law. Barnard, C. & Peers, S. (eds.). First ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 35 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Co-ordinated diversity: revolutionary suggestions for EU competition law (and for EU law too)
Townley, C., 2014, In: Yearbook of European Law. 33, p. 194-244 51 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Is There (Still) Room for Non-Economic Arguments in Article 101 TFEU Cases?
Townley, C., 20 Nov 2013, Aims and Values in Competition Law. Heide-Jorgensen, C. (ed.). Copenhagen: Djoef Publishing, 41 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The Liner Shipping Block Exemptions in European Law: has the tide turned?
Townley, C., 2004, In: WORLD COMPETITION. 27, 1, p. 107-153 47 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Is Anything more Important than Consumer Welfare (in Article 81 EC)? Reflections of a community lawyer
Townley, C., 2008, Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies: 2007-2008. Barnard, C. (ed.). Portland: Hart, Vol. 10. p. 345-382 38 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Article 81 EC and Public Policy
Townley, C., 2009, Oxford: Hart. 363 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
The Goals of Chapter I of the UK's Competition Act 1998
Townley, C., 2010, In: Yearbook of European Law. 29, 1, p. 307-360 54 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Which Goals Count in Article 101 TFEU?: public policy and its discontents
Townley, C., 2011, In: EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW REVIEW. 9, p. 441-448 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Relevant Market: an acceptable limit to competition analysis?
Townley, C., 2011, In: EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW REVIEW. 32, 10, p. 490-499 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Inter-Generational Impacts in Competition Analysis: remembering those not yet born
Townley, C., 2011, In: EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW REVIEW. 32, 11, p. 580-590 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Utilização dos Precedentes da União Europeia No Direito Concorrencial Brasileiro
Translated title of the contribution: The use of EU Precedents in Brazilian Competition LawTownley, C. & Laporta Cardinali, A., 2012, Direito Econômico e Social. Grandino Rodas, J. (ed.). Editora Revista dos Tribunais, p. 127-202 76 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Co-Operating in the Development of Competition Law and Economics Academics in New Jurisdictions
Townley, C., Shahein, H. & Whish, R., 2012, New competition jurisdictions: shaping policies and building institutions. Whish, R. & Townley, C. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, p. 291-331 41 p. (ASCOLA competition law).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
New competition jurisdictions: shaping policies and building institutions
Whish, R. (Editor) & Townley, C. (Editor), 2012, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 347 p. (ASCOLA competition law)Research output: Book/Report › Book
Towards Auctioning: The Transformation of the European Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System: Present and Future Challenges to Competition Law
Townley, C. & Macbeth, J., 2010, In: EUROPEAN LAW REVIEW. 35, 6, p. 888 - 890 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
The Concept of an 'Undertaking': The Boundaries of the Corporation - A Discussion of Agency, Employees and Subsidiaries
Townley, C., 2007, EC Competition Law: A Critical Assessment. Amato, G. & Ehlermann, C.-D. (eds.). Hart Publishing, p. 3 - 24 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Events
The Future of the International Competition Network: An expert panel
Please join us for an expert panel discussion on The Future of the ICN followed by a networking drinks reception.
Please note: this event has passed.
Citizen input in regulation: The potential and limits of using digital tools
Citizen input in regulation: The potential and limits of using digital tools
Please note: this event has passed.
Exploring the potential and limits of digital tools for inclusive regulatory engagement with citizens
Townley, C. & Koop, C., Mar 2024, In: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION QUARTERLY. 41, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 101901.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Considerations for a “top-to-bottom review” of the ICN: Legitimacy, effectiveness and efficiency
Guidi, M., Tavares, M. & Townley, C., 1 Sept 2022, In: Concurrences Journal . 2022, 3, p. 1 21 p., Art. N° 107347.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Where influence lies in the International Competition Network
Townley, C., 1 Jan 2021, Challenges to Assumptions in Competition Law. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 124-160 37 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Law and Politics of Global Competition: Why and How Non-state Actors Seek Influence in the International Competition Network
Townley, C., Guidi, M. & Tavares, M., 14 Feb 2022, In: Utilities Law review. 23, 4, p. 136-140 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Law and Politics of Global Competition: Influence and Legitimacy in the International Competition Network
Townley, C., Guidi, M. & Tavares, M., 31 Jan 2022, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 400 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Influence in the International Competition Network (ICN): Who seeks it, how do they do this and why?
Townley, C. P., Tavares, M. & Guidi, M., 7 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) The ICN at Twenty. Lugard, P., Culliford, P. & Anderson, D. (eds.). 57 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
The Constitutional Limits of EU Competition Law – United in Diversity
Townley, C. & Türk, A., 1 Jun 2019, In: Antitrust Bulletin. 64, 2, p. 235-283Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Framework for European Competition Law: Co-ordinated Diversity
Townley, C., 29 Nov 2018, 1st ed. Hart Publishing. 584 p. (Hart Studies in Competition Law; vol. 20)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Big Data and Personalised Price Discrimination in EU Competition Law
Townley, C., Morrison, E. & Yeung, K., 13 Dec 2017, In: Yearbook of European Law. 36, p. 683–748 66 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Landmark Cases in Competition Law
Townley, C., 2013, In: EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW REVIEW. 34, 8, p. 447-449Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
Competition Law
Jones, A. & Townley, C., Apr 2014, European Union Law. Barnard, C. & Peers, S. (eds.). First ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 35 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Co-ordinated diversity: revolutionary suggestions for EU competition law (and for EU law too)
Townley, C., 2014, In: Yearbook of European Law. 33, p. 194-244 51 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Is There (Still) Room for Non-Economic Arguments in Article 101 TFEU Cases?
Townley, C., 20 Nov 2013, Aims and Values in Competition Law. Heide-Jorgensen, C. (ed.). Copenhagen: Djoef Publishing, 41 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The Liner Shipping Block Exemptions in European Law: has the tide turned?
Townley, C., 2004, In: WORLD COMPETITION. 27, 1, p. 107-153 47 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Is Anything more Important than Consumer Welfare (in Article 81 EC)? Reflections of a community lawyer
Townley, C., 2008, Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies: 2007-2008. Barnard, C. (ed.). Portland: Hart, Vol. 10. p. 345-382 38 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Article 81 EC and Public Policy
Townley, C., 2009, Oxford: Hart. 363 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
The Goals of Chapter I of the UK's Competition Act 1998
Townley, C., 2010, In: Yearbook of European Law. 29, 1, p. 307-360 54 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Which Goals Count in Article 101 TFEU?: public policy and its discontents
Townley, C., 2011, In: EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW REVIEW. 9, p. 441-448 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Relevant Market: an acceptable limit to competition analysis?
Townley, C., 2011, In: EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW REVIEW. 32, 10, p. 490-499 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Inter-Generational Impacts in Competition Analysis: remembering those not yet born
Townley, C., 2011, In: EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW REVIEW. 32, 11, p. 580-590 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Utilização dos Precedentes da União Europeia No Direito Concorrencial Brasileiro
Translated title of the contribution: The use of EU Precedents in Brazilian Competition LawTownley, C. & Laporta Cardinali, A., 2012, Direito Econômico e Social. Grandino Rodas, J. (ed.). Editora Revista dos Tribunais, p. 127-202 76 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Co-Operating in the Development of Competition Law and Economics Academics in New Jurisdictions
Townley, C., Shahein, H. & Whish, R., 2012, New competition jurisdictions: shaping policies and building institutions. Whish, R. & Townley, C. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, p. 291-331 41 p. (ASCOLA competition law).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
New competition jurisdictions: shaping policies and building institutions
Whish, R. (Editor) & Townley, C. (Editor), 2012, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 347 p. (ASCOLA competition law)Research output: Book/Report › Book
Towards Auctioning: The Transformation of the European Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System: Present and Future Challenges to Competition Law
Townley, C. & Macbeth, J., 2010, In: EUROPEAN LAW REVIEW. 35, 6, p. 888 - 890 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
The Concept of an 'Undertaking': The Boundaries of the Corporation - A Discussion of Agency, Employees and Subsidiaries
Townley, C., 2007, EC Competition Law: A Critical Assessment. Amato, G. & Ehlermann, C.-D. (eds.). Hart Publishing, p. 3 - 24 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Events
The Future of the International Competition Network: An expert panel
Please join us for an expert panel discussion on The Future of the ICN followed by a networking drinks reception.
Please note: this event has passed.
Citizen input in regulation: The potential and limits of using digital tools
Citizen input in regulation: The potential and limits of using digital tools
Please note: this event has passed.