Sarah Lee

Sarah Lee is a senior junior practising in the fields of EU Law, Public Law and Competition/Regulatory Law.

Her practice includes both advocacy and advisory work and she is experienced in conducting cases and appearing in a variety of courts and tribunals including the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the Competition Commission, the Court of First Instances and the European Court of Justice. She has been on the Government's Treasury A Panel since 2007 and was a B Panel member prior to that. Her clients include public and private companies and government bodies.

Sarah Lee is currently instructed by BT in relation to challenges to Ofcom's regulatory decisions which are continuing before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Competition Commission. She has also recently been involved in judicial review proceedings on diverse topics such as oil stocking regulations, pharmaceutical products marketing authorisations, air passenger duty, in proceedings before the Court of First Instance relating to Article 81 EC and in number of EU cases before the European Court of Justice.

Sarah Lee’s Directory Quotes

  • "extremely knowledgeable and charming" (Chambers & Partners, 2009)
  • "extremely clever and very personable" (Chambers & Partners, 2007)
  • "first-rate client skills and attention to detail," "thought to have a promising career ahead of her" (Chambers & Partners, 2006)
  • "professional, user-friendly and impressively astute" (Legal 500, 2005)
  • "diligent and cerebral," "pick of the juniors" (Legal 500, 2004)