Competition: EU
Belgium
7 years ranked
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Anna Lyle-Smythe
Global 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
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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.
Competition: EU - Belgium
Foreign expert in UK
Individual Editorial
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'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 Global GuideAnna Lyle-Smythe is a very good strategic thinker across the EC and UK and on merger clearance.
Competition: EUChambers Global GuideAnna 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 Global GuideAnna Lyle-Smythe gives pragmatic, business-focused advice, and simplifies complex topics into non-technical language.
Competition: EUChambers Global GuideShe is exactly who you want on the end of the phone when something tricky or sensitive arises.
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