
Caroline Hobson
About
Provided by Caroline Hobson
Practice Areas
- Antitrust & Competition
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Antitrust Litigation & Enforcement
- Life Sciences
- Healthcare
- Technology
Career
Caroline’s practice focuses on providing clients with strategic competition law and regulatory advice. She represents clients seeking merger control and foreign direct investment (FDI) clearances, and has extensive experience with UK and European Union merger control processes, and the coordination of global merger and FDI filings. She also guides clients on competition law risk management and compliance strategies in respect of pricing, distribution, licensing and joint venture arrangements. She has advised on numerous UK
and EU competition investigations, sector inquiries and market investigations, and has secured and defended the interests of clients during dawn raids conducted by the UK and EU competition authorities.
Caroline’s experience spans a wide range of industries, with particular focus on advising clients in the consumer products, technology, media and telecommunications, transportation, financial services, and life sciences sectors. She combines her competition knowledge to advise on broader regulatory areas, including digital, utility, aviation and consumer regulatory regimes.
Professional Memberships
- Law Society Competition Section
- Competition Law Association
- Procurement Lawyers’ Association
Expert in these Jurisdictions
England & Wales
Education
College of Law
LPC
1996
University of Cambridge
BA
1995
Chambers Review
UK
Caroline Hobson leads clients through cross-border merger clearance procedures at the CMA, as well as assisting with CMA behavioural investigations. She also has a range of experience acting in the energy and healthcare sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"An experienced competition practitioner who inspires immediate confidence in her client base."
"She is really impressive, is incredibly calm and presents impeccably."
"She makes it really easy for us to work as a team."
"An experienced competition practitioner who inspires immediate confidence in her client base."
"She is really impressive, is incredibly calm and presents impeccably."
"She makes it really easy for us to work as a team."
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