Ciara Agnew
Lawyers
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Associate in our Antitrust & Competition practice, based in London.
Ciara advises on competition law and foreign direct investment law, with a focus on the U.K. and EU. She advises clients on obtaining transaction clearances for mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings in cases before the European Commission, the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority and the U.K. Investment Security Unit, and develops strategies for obtaining transaction clearances in global transactions. Her practice spans a broad range of sectors including pharmaceuticals, healthcare, private equity, consumer goods, technology and industrials. She also advises clients on behavioural and regulatory matters, including antitrust compliance.
Experience
- Japan Industrial Partners on its $15.2 billion acquisition of Toshiba
- Emerson Electric on its $8.2 billion acquisition of National Instruments
- Verisk on the $3.1 billion sale of Wood Mackenzie to Veritas capital
- Nordson $800 million acquisition of Atrion
- Lucid Group on its $232 million strategic supply agreement with Aston Martin
- Taboola on its 30-year commercial agreement with Yahoo
- FTC clearance of Novo Nordisk acquisition of certain Catalent sites
- Campbell Soup sale of Noosa Yoghurt to Lakeview Farms
Education
Bachelor, Law, University of Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire & District Law Society Prize
- Nicola Blakeman Memorial Scholar
Qualifications and admissions
- England and Wales