Interview with Nigel Parr

Ashurst’s London head of EU and competition law talks to CLI

Why did you become a competition lawyer?

It’s a good question. I knew two things when I graduated. I didn’t want to be a solicitor and I didn’t want to work in London. I pursued a slightly tortuous path. I started out studying geography and economics. I enjoyed the economics but didn’t like the geography. I then began reading about law and in particular legal philosophy, became very interested in it and switched to law.