David Bailey is a Professor of Practice Law at King’s College London, a barrister and author. Professor Bailey has taught postgraduate courses on competition law and policy at King’s College London since 2003, having taught at King’s since 2001.

Professor Bailey is a practising barrister, qualified in England and Wales and in Ireland; he is also an attorney in New York. Since 2015, he has been Standing Counsel to the UK Competition and Markets Authority and the Hong Kong Competition Commission. 

In 2017 he was a Non-Governmental Adviser to the International Competition Network. In 2019 he was ranked as one of the ‘Most Highly Regarded’ junior barristers in Who’s Who Legal UK Bar: Competition. In 2019 Professor Bailey was awarded the King’s Education Award 2019 for Sustained Excellence.

Professor Bailey is also a member of Brick Court Chambers.

 

Research interests

Competition law and policy, particularly in the EU, UK and Asia.

 

Selected publications

• Whish and Bailey Competition Law (9th edition, 2018)
• Bailey and John (eds) Bellamy & Child’s European Union Competition Law (8th edition, 2019)
• “The new frontiers of Article 102 TFEU: antitrust imperialism or judicious intervention?” (2018) 6 Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 25
• “Reinvigorating the role of Article 101(3) under Regulation 1/2003” (2016) 81 Antitrust Law Journal 111

 

Teaching

Professor Bailey teaches on the following LLM modules:

• 7FFLA016 EU Competition Law
• 7FFLA059 UK Competition Law
• 7FFLX005 Advanced EU Competition Law (Merger Control Practice Module)