Mary advises on a broad range of EU and UK competition law issues, including multijurisdictional mergers, behavioural investigations and complex supply and distribution arrangements.
She works across all sectors, with particular experience in consumer products, healthcare, TMT and financial services.
Mary works closely with her clients to understand their business and takes a commercial approach to developing case strategy. She is adept at leading the multi-disciplinary teams required to deliver successfully across jurisdictions.
Her experience and technical expertise enable her to deliver innovative and practical solutions to achieve her clients’ goals.
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- Advising eBay Inc. on global merger control and foreign investment aspects of its acquisition of TCGplayer.
- Advising Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC on the merger control and foreign investment filings in connection with the recommended cash offer by Astorg and Epiris.
- Advising Auction Technology Group on the global merger control aspects of its $525m acquisition of LiveAuctioneers, a North American online Arts & Antiques marketplace, including obtaining unconditional Phase 1 clearance from the CMA.
- Advising London Stock Exchange Group on its proposed merger with Deutsche Börse and subsequently on its $27bn acquisition of Refinitiv, including securing European Commission merger clearance at Phase 2.
- Advising Comcast Corporation on the global merger control and public interest aspects of its £30bn public bid for Sky plc, including achieving unconditional Phase 1 clearance from the European Commission, and the global merger control and public interest aspects of its $66bn bid for the global assets of 21stCentury Fox.
- Advising Müller UK & Ireland on its acquisition of Dairy Crest’s dairy operations.
- Advising Spire Healthcare Group on the UK private healthcare market investigation.
- Advising Tesco on the UK Office of Fair Trading’s investigations into the retail of tobacco and dairy products markets, the latter successfully appealed to the Competition Appeals Tribunal.
- Advising a major Hollywood studio in relation to the UK market investigation into Movies on Pay TV
- Advising Sara Lee on: the €1.2bn sale of its global bodycare and European detergents business to Unilever, cleared subject to conditions after a Phase 2 review by the European Commission; and the €320m sale of its air care business to Procter & Gamble, cleared unconditionally by the European Commission at Phase 1.
- Advising Pearson on the European Commission’s investigation into e-books.
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Education
- MA (EU Competition Law – King’s College London)
- Legal Practice Course and PgDL (BPP Law School)
- MA (Modern History – Magdalen College, Oxford)
Other qualifications
- Before qualifying as a solicitor, Mary spent three years as a strategy consultant, advising firms in the financial services, retail and technology sectors in the UK and South Africa.
- In 2004 Mary spent six months as a volunteer for Reprieve in New Orleans, Louisiana, assisting lawyers representing capital post-conviction clients.
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