Julia Woodward-Carlton

Julia is a Partner in the Competition, Trade and Foreign Investment group in our London office.

She has 20 years of experience advising clients on EU and UK competition issues across a broad range of matters including:

• application of competition law to strategic collaborations, trade practices and agreements (including information sharing)

• abuse of dominance as well as representing clients who are the subject of regulatory investigation

Julia has a particular focus advising clients subject to cartel investigations as well as competition issues in the Financial Services sector.

She also advises extensively on competition law compliance, including implementing global compliance programs as well as devising and delivering face-to-face and online training.

Julia spent six months on secondment to the Competition and Markets Authority as a Deputy Director in the Cartels and Criminal Enforcement Unit where she gained particular experience in managing leniency applications and criminal casework. She also spent an extended period on secondment in-house to American Express as acting head of anti-trust and payments regulation for EMEA.

She is a regular speaker on competition law issues and is recognized in The Legal 500.

Julia is also a Diversity sponsor partner in our London office.