Background
Sutton, Alastair was born in Bristol, United Kingdom.
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Alastair Sutton
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Aberdeen University (Bachelor of Laws). London University (Master of Laws). London University (Master of Laws).
Career
Worked at Forrester Norall & Sutton (Brussels) specializing in Firm engaged in European Commission/European Union and International Practice but not authorized to appear before the Belgian Courts. Admitted to the bar, as Barrister, 1972. Author: "Trends in the Regulation of International Trade in Textiles," Yearbook of World Affairs, 1977.
"Relations between the European Community and Japan in 1982 and 1983," Oxford Yearbook of European Law, 1983.
"Financial Services and Competition Policy," Butterworths Competition Law, 1991. Commentary on European Commission Legal Development in 1992, Butterworth"s Annual European Review, 1993.
Experience: Lecturer in Public, International and European Community Law, University College London, 1967-1973. Directorate General for External Relations dealing with International Trade Policy Issues, 1973-1979, First Secretary in Charge of Trade, Industry and Investment Questions in the Delegation of the Commission in Tokyo, 1979-1984, Member of Cabinet of Lord Cockfield, Vice President of the Commission with Responsibility for the Internal Market, Financial Services, Customs and Taxation Issues, 1985-1988 and Head of Division for Insurance in the Directorate General for Financial Services and Company Law, 1989, Commission of the European Communities.
Forrester Norall & Sutton specializes in European Union law, public international law and the law of international trade.
Its lawyers are drawn from several legal and linguistic backgrounds in the European Union and the United States, and the firm also maintains close relations with lawyers in national jurisdictions throughout Europe, North America and Asia. Advice is given to law firms all over the world, government departments, trade associations, corporations and private individuals, on legal matters falling within the firms area of specialization, notably European Commission/ European Union trade and competition law and policy, areas covered by the community"s "Internal Market" programme, World Trade Organization/General Agreement of Tariff and Trades questions, public international law, air transport matters, European Union/United States/Japanese trade, industrial and investment issues, the legal and institutional evolution of relations between the European Union and former state-trading countries in Eastern Europe, and the implications of the Maastricht Treaty. In addition to providing advice on substantive legal questions, the firm specializes in the legislative and other decision making procedures of the European Union.
The firm represents clients in matters arising in the European Commission, Council, Parliament, Economic and Social Committee, Court of Justice and Court of First Instance, as well as before national courts and arbitration tribunals in disputes involving European Commission/European Union law.
