Sara Burrell
Lawyers
Associate in our Antitrust & Competition practice, based in London.
Sara focuses on U.K. and EU competition law and U.K. national security and foreign investment law. She advises clients 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 consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, financial services, media, oil and gas, and industrials. Sara also advises clients on a spectrum of complex behavioural and regulatory matters, including dominance-related issues and antitrust compliance.
Experience
- Amdocs on its $188 million acquisition of MYCOM OSI
- BDT Capital Partners on its:
- acquisition of Culligan International
- acquisition of a majority interest in MJH Life Sciences
- acquisition of joint control of ProMach
- Clarivate Analytics on its:
- $5.3 billion acquisition of ProQuest
- $950 million acquisition of Decision Resources Group
- Emerson Electric on its:
- $14 billion sale of a majority stake its Climate Technologies business to Blackstone
- $11 billion acquisition of Aspen Technology
- $8.2 billion acquisition of National Instruments
- sale of Therm-O-Disc to One Rock Capital Partners
- Ingersoll-Rand on the $15 billion combination of its industrial segment with Gardner Denver Holdings
- Japan Industrial Partners on its $15.2 billion acquisition of Toshiba
- Natura Cosméticos on its:
- $2 billion acquisition of Avon Products
- $2.525 billion sale of Aesop to L’Oréal
- Neovia Logistics on its recapitalization
- NewMed Energy on its proposed combination with Capricorn Energy plc
- Republic Services on its $2.2 billion acquisition of US Ecology
- State Street Corporation on its $3.5 billion proposed acquisition of Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.’s Investor Services business
- SS&C on its £1.24 billion recommended cash offer to acquire Blue Prism plc
- Taboola on its proposed merger with Outbrain
- Tencent on its £919 million recommended cash offer to acquire Sumo Group plc
- Tokyo Century on its acquisition of Aviation Capital Group
- TP Global Operations on its acquisition of Truphone’s non-Russian business and assets
- Various clients on ongoing European Commission and U.K. Competition and Markets Authority investigations and market studies
Insights
Education
LL.B., University College London
- first-class honours
Qualifications and admissions
- England and Wales