He is Head of EU/Competition at the English law firm DWF and also leads the Government & Public Sector group.
[1] Branton is also one of the most experienced trade law lawyers in the UK, specializing in EU and WTO trade law, with extensive experience in pleading before the EU courts.
[5][6][7][8] He wrote with Professor David O'Keeffe a ground-breaking article which has now become a classic on urban regeneration in the UK and EU State Aid Law.
[9] The legal directories rate him particularly highly for his State aid expertise.
His expert writings on EU trade law in leading journals have been judicially cited with approval.