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Anna Lyle-Smythe

Europe 2026

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Slaughter and May
 Slaughter and May

Ranked in 1 practice area

Competition: EU

Belgium

7 years ranked

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Chambers European Guide

Competition: EU - Belgium

Band 2
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Anna Lyle-Smythe acts as head of the Slaughter and May Brussels office. She frequently draws upon her skill to assist clients from a broad range of sectors, including technology and aviation. She is admitted to practice both in the UK and in Brussels, and she often advises on merger control filings made to the CMA or to the EC. She has further experience acting for clients on cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, and in appeals against authority decisions.

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  • Anna Lyle-Smythe is a very good strategic thinker across the EC and UK and on merger clearance.

    Competition: EUChambers European Guide

  • Anna Lyle-Smythe is extremely bright, has superb technical knowledge, grasps new business concepts and issues extremely quickly, and provides practical and business friendly legal advice.

    Competition: EUChambers European Guide

  • Anna Lyle-Smythe's ability to get up to speed on details is phenomenal. She is unphased by difficult situations and has a incredible depth and breadth of knowledge and experience.

    Competition: EUChambers European Guide

  • Anna Lyle-Smythe gives pragmatic, business-focused advice, and simplifies complex topics into non-technical language.

    Competition: EUChambers European Guide

  • She is exactly who you want on the end of the phone when something tricky or sensitive arises.

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Belgium

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