James Hampson

Experience

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  HM Government

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  Civil Service Fast Stream

  Civil Service Fast Stream - HM Government leadership development programme - roles at Defra: > Policy Adviser - Water Industry - Legislative development and implementation, > Policy Adviser - Water Quality - Policy development and EU negotiation/transposition, and > Country Lead - Brazil and China - International relations/programme management.

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  Government Legal Department

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  Legal Adviser

  > Defra Legal Advisers: Water and Sustainable Development team, and Water Act 2014 (LA/LO);> Attorney General's Office: Civil Law team (LO);> Monckton Chambers (second six secondment), pupil with Robert Palmer and Elisa Holmes;> Defra Legal Advisers: Litigation Division, first six, pupil with Chris Burke.

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  Monckton Chambers

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Second Six (secondee)

  Spent my second six on secondment, with three months with Elisa Holmes, and then with Robert Palmer, focused on public law, procurement and competition law aspects of their practice.

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  Competition and Markets Authority

  Jan 2014 - now

  Assistant Legal Director

  Assistant Legal Director, previously Legal Adviser, in the CMA's Legal Service; with experience of advising across cases in antitrust, cartels, markets & mergers (Phase I and II), and in the litigation unit.Recent work includes advising on the CMA's 'Sustainability Taskforce', Google ‘Privacy Sandbox’ antitrust case, the 'digital taskforce' recommendations, the online platforms and digital advertising market study, the Sainsbury’s/Asda merger inquiry from prenotification to determination, the Ping online sales antitrust case from initiation to Court of Appeal, along with advising on various antitrust, Phase I mergers, and policy matters. Show less

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  Government Legal Department

  Jan 2021 - Jan 2023

  Senior Lawyer (secondee)

  Seconded to GLD to assist DSIT & DBT draft and introduce the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act.