Sharon is a specialist EU and UK competition lawyer based in London. Having also spent time working in Brussels, she has experience of working on all aspects of EU and UK competition law including behavioural antitrust investigations, competition litigation, sector-wide market inquiries and global M&A.
Sharon has particular experience in advising global technology, digital platform, healthcare and financial services infrastructure clients on contentious and non-contentious matters before the European Commission, the UK Competition and Markets Authority and the English High Court.
She has served as a Visiting Lecturer at Kings College London on the intersection of competition and intellectual property law in relation to FRAND SEP technology licensing; and is the co-author of the Article 102 chapter in the fourth edition of Garzaniti et al, Electronic Communications, Audiovisual Services and the Internet - EU Competition Law and Regulation.
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Matter highlights include advising:
- A global pharmaceutical company on successfully obtaining merger control approval from the UK Competition and Markets Authority in relation to its acquisition of a biotech company.
- A global technology company on its successful resolution of and defence before the English High Court in the landmark Unwired Planet v Huawei litigation concerning the transfer and licensing of SEPs.
- A global technology company in relation to the UK Competition and Markets Authority's Online Platforms and Digital Advertising market study; and its defence and co-ordination of antitrust investigation proceedings and sector inquiries before the European Commission and other global competition authorities.
- A global technology company in relation to an antitrust complaint made to the European Commission concerning SEP licensing.
- Visa on its successful resolution of the European Commission's antitrust investigation into its international interchange fees; and on successfully dismissing an urgent application for interim measures made to the UK Competition and Markets Authority - the first application made under revised UK antitrust legislation for interim measures.
- London Stock Exchange Group in relation to the European Commission's Phase II investigation into its proposed merger with Deutsche Börse; and in successfully obtaining merger control approval from the UK Office of Fair Trading when acquiring a majority stake in LCH.Clearnet.
- Hellman & Friedman on successfully obtaining merger control approval from the European Commission in relation to its acquisition of payments businesses Nets and Concardis.
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University education
- University of Bristol, LL.B
Professional qualifications
- BPP Law School: Legal Practice Course, Distinction
- Solicitor, England and Wales and Ireland
Current and previous memberships and additional responsibilities
- Member of the Competition Law Association, British Group of the LIDC
- Visiting Lecturer at Kings College London: LLM Advanced Competition and Patent Law
- Former Member of the Board of Trustees, Rosa - the UK Fund for Women and Girls
- Former Co-Chair and founding member of the Freshfields Women’s Network
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