Edward Anderson
Head of Commercial and Competition Law, Sainsbury’s
With experience in private practice, public enforcement and in-house, Edward advises Sainsbury’s Operating Board and senior stakeholders on commercial and competition law matters.
He enjoys managing a large in-house team of commercial and competition lawyers. In a challenging cost environment, he ensures advice is aligned with Sainsbury’s risk appetite and brand exposure. With a strong competition background, compliance/risk management across grocery, mobile, entertainment and various JVs is a key focus area.
He oversaw the introduction of the “industry changing” 2011 grocery adjudicator and has ongoing management of key regulator relationships such as the Competition & Markets Authority. Over the last year he has led a multidisciplinary team on high profile litigation for damages against MasterCard and Visa.
He was recently listed in the The Lawyer’s Hot 100 In house lawyer 2015.
Edward lives in Wimbledon with his wife and three children.