Maya Lester

Maya Lester is recommended in the legal directories as a leading junior in the fields of Administrative & Public Law, Competition & European Law, Civil Liberties & Human Rights.  She was selected by The Times as one of the 10 Future Stars of the Bar in 2008, and was nominated in 2010 and 2011 for Competition/EU Junior of the Year at Chambers Bar Awards.

She has extensive experience of all areas of Competition and European Union law, including in relation to regulatory investigations, abuse of dominance, cartels, free movement, fundamental rights and freedoms, actions for annulment in the General Court, and references to the Court of Justice.  She is described as "a delight to work with" in these fields, "sensible and very clever", "hard-working and talented".

In her wide ranging Public Law and Human Rights practice, Maya Lester regularly appears for and advises individuals, companies, government departments, regulators and public interest groups.  She is a member of the Attorney General's B Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown and Freedom of Information Panel, and is vetted for National Security work.  She is described as "a fantastic junior" in Administrative & Public Law, and "clearly very bright and focused" with "great attention to detail".

Maya Lester is regularly involved in cases of an international nature, having been educated at Yale Law School (after Cambridge University), Columbia Law School as a Resident Scholar, and has spent time working at the European Court of Justice and the Supreme Court of Israel.