Interviewer: Hello and welcome to the second in our series of programmes ‘Brief Insights’. Today I’m talking to Annabelle Collins, a legal adviser with the Competition Commission in London. Annabelle, why the corporate sector? Annabelle: Hello, Simon. Well, I suppose first of all my academic background. I read Economics at university means I’m quite well equipped for this area of work. After my legal training I went into private practice specializing in commercial law and I've always been interested in the effect of regulation on business practice. Interviewer: But you’re on the side of the consumer now, not the big corporations? Annabelle: With twenty or so years of experience in the field I’ve seen things from both perspectives but I like to think now that I’m standing up for the public interest. Keeping the big boys in line, if you like. Interviewer: There’s a lot of research involved, I take it. Annabelle: There’s the sheer volume of evidence in the form of company data and expert testimony. You also need a firm grasp of detailed regulations and to keep yourself up to date with government policy. Interviewer: It must mean a few late nights. Annabelle: A merger case may run to hundreds of boxes of documents and you’ve got to distill that down to the few key themes, get it clear in your head what the issues are over the course of what can be a very complex process. It definitely stimulates the grey matter.