Vincent is an assistant professor in law and ethics at ESCP Europe and has been an English solicitor for over 20 years, practising regulatory (competition), commercial and EU law in both London and in Brussels.  He has also been a British civil servant, working as a legal Director at the UK telecommunications regulator (Oftel) and as Senior Director (head) of the competition enforcement division at the Office of Fair Trading, leading the 180 strong team combatting cartels and anticompetitive behaviour, and dealing with merger control.

He took his first degree in England in law and French and then a Masters degree in European law at the University of Liège in Belgium.  He has a PhD in law from King's College, London.

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Books

2023

SMITH, V., A. STADLER, F. GASCON INCHAUSTI

European Rules of Civil Procedure - a commentary

Edward Elgar Publishing

Books

2020

JEULAND, E., A. STADLER, V. SMITH

Collective and Mass Litigation in Europe

Edward Elgar

Studies & Reports

2020

EUROPEAN LAW INSTITUTE, V. SMITH

European Rules of Civil Procedure

OUP

Academic Articles

2019

SMITH, V.

Redress through collective actions in Europe

REVUE DE DROIT UNIFORME = UNIFORM LAW REVIEW, vol 24, issue 1, 1-13

Chapters

2018

SMITH, V., L. WOODS

Competition Law and Telecommunications

In: Telecommunications Law and Regulation (5 ed), Ian Walden (ed) Oxford University Press

Studies & Reports

2018

SMITH , V.

State of Collective Redress in the EU in the Context of the Implementation of the Commission Recommendation

European Commission, JUST/2016/JCOO/FW/CIVI/0099, 1030

Books

2015

OTERO CRESPO, M., V. SMITH

Collective Redress in Europe - why and how?

British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Chapters

2015

SMITH, V.

'Collective redress: the Group and the Judicial Supervision of Settlement'

In: Anti-trust damages in EU land and policy, Derenne, J., de Rivery, E.M., Petit, N. Bruylant

Chapters

2012

SMITH, V.

Bridging the Gap': contrasting effects of US Supreme Court territorial restraint on European collective claims

In: Extraterritoriality and Collective Redress, FAIRGRIEVE D. ; LEIN E. (eds.) Oxford University Press

Chapters

2012

SMITH, V., E. PITT

Competition Law in Telecommunications

In: Telecommunications Law and Regulation, WALDEN I. (ed.) Oxford University Press