Colm Gibson is a Managing Director in BRG’s London Office, heading up the Economic Regulation practice for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has over 35 years’ experience in energy and regulated industries, with over 25 years at senior management level.
Colm is an expert on competition and regulation matters, including price controls, market design, tariffs and rate setting, and incentive design. He specialises in producing evidence and reports to influence external stakeholders, particularly to support companies and regulators in price control negotiations and energy contract pricing disputes. Colm also specialises in assisting companies to prepare to challenge regulatory decisions, having brought a range of successful appeals in the energy and water sectors.
Colm has provided expert advice in a range of national and international energy arbitrations and disputes. He has advised on valuation matters for a range of energy and water assets, including advising international investors on how best to prepare for Bilateral Investment Treaty claims should those assets be expropriated, and on the workings of Special Administration regimes.
Colm’s expertise is recognised widely. He is regularly interviewed by, and quoted in the media, including BBC TV and radio, international news outlets (including Bloomberg, the Financial Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) a broad range of national newspapers (including the Times, the Telegraph, the Guardian, The Sunday Times, the Observer, Daily Express, City AM) and numerous industry journals (including Infrastructure Investor, Utility Week, International Financial Law Review). He has written and contributed to a number of textbooks, articles and other publications, including chapters on economic regulation of the water industry in the Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (ISBN: 978-1- 84720-343-4) and on the role of market experts in gas price review arbitrations in “Gas Price Arbitrations: A Practical Handbook” (ISBN: 978-1-905783-77-9).
Awards & Honors
WWL/Lexology Energy 2024 – Recommended
Employment History
Thames Water
Head of Economic Regulation; member of Executive Leadership Group
2012 – 2018
