Competition Law
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Provided by Travers Smith LLP
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Chambers Review
Travers Smith assists clients with both contentious and non-contentious competition law matters. The law firm often defends clients in high-profile follow-on damages cases. On the non-contentious side, the team is active in merger clearance mandates before the CMA, as well as advising clients on obtaining FDI and NSIA approval. It also represents clients in behavioural investigations, including before the FCA. The team assists clients with competition law compliance issues.
Work Highlights
- Travers Smith acted for EMIS on the UK merger control aspects, including both phase I and II investigations, of its GBP1.24 billion acquisition by UnitedHealth, in addition to NSIA filings.
Strengths
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"The Travers team was excellent in how it rose to the challenge in a difficult situation to navigate."
"Travers Smith is very thorough in its analysis, provides pragmatic solutions and is really excellent."
"Travers Smith has a good approach and a good team."
"Travers Smith covers all the relevant areas and has experts in each of these, which makes it very easy working with the team. It does not matter which question comes up; the team can answer it."
"The team delivers very efficient and tailored advice."
"The Travers team was excellent in how it rose to the challenge in a difficult situation to navigate."
"Travers Smith is very thorough in its analysis, provides pragmatic solutions and is really excellent."
"Travers Smith has a good approach and a good team."
"Travers Smith covers all the relevant areas and has experts in each of these, which makes it very easy working with the team. It does not matter which question comes up; the team can answer it."
"The team delivers very efficient and tailored advice."
Notable Practitioners
Caroline Edwards has a strong focus on contentious matters involving competition law angles, acting for defendants in follow-on damages cases.
"Caroline Edwards is great with clients. She is across the details of the case, super organised and provides great management."
"Caroline Edwards is a very good litigator and very good at client management."
"She came up with very good ideas on how to argue the case, so she is a very thoughtful, intelligent lawyer and a pleasure to work with."
"Caroline Edwards is a superb lawyer. She goes the extra mile and always puts the client first. She is the type of lawyer who makes a difference, both towards the client and in complex cases."
"She is an absolute delight to work with; she is very clever but also very effective in terms of promoting her clients' interests and getting her team to work well together."
Nigel Seay advises clients on obtaining merger control, foreign direct investment and National Security and Investment Act approval for corporate transactions before the CMA. His practice also encompasses investigations into alleged anti-competitive behaviour and market studies.
"If I were in a tight corner, Nigel Seay would be my man."
"Nigel Seay is savvy, dedicated and efficient."
Stephen Whitfield draws upon his experience to advise on the merger control, FDI and NS+I aspects of sizeable corporate transactions, in addition to representing clients in CMA antitrust investigations and competition compliance mandates.
"Stephen Whitfield is a great guy. He is very good at keeping the clients on side and focused."
"He picked the right battles to fight at the right times."
"Stephen Whitfield is extremely commercial and pragmatic. I like the way he wanted the client to get commercial, pragmatic advice."
"Stephen Whitfield is approachable and nice to deal with."
"He managed the sticky moments along the way, helping to navigate them in a successful way."