Louisa Penny

Louisa is senior counsel in the Financial Services & Competition group specialising in all aspects of EU and UK competition law.

She advises across a variety of sectors: pharma, patent pools, media & entertainment, sport, telecoms, real estate and life sciences. Louisa has extensive experience in contentious matters, including both European Commission and OFT cartel investigations, and regularly represents clients before the European Commission and the European Courts as well as the UK competition authorities and Courts. She advises on all aspects of defending competition investigations, including dawn raids, leniency and responding to Statements of Objection and she also advised on the first Article 9 commitments decision to be taken by the European Commission with respect to an industry body.

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CV

Since 2014 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2010 - 2014 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2007 - 2009 Solicitor, DLA Piper

Career

Since 2014 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2010 - 2014 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2007 - 2009 Solicitor, DLA Piper

Education

2007 LLM in Competition Law, King's College London

2005 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales

2002 LPC, Oxford Institute of Legal Practice

Publications

Patents Transactions in the Life Sciences: A Global guide to Agreements in the Sector, Globe Law and Business, 2014
Dominance: excessive pricing, access to data and essential facilities. Attheraces Ltd v British Horseracing Board, Ent. L.R. 2006
Accessing electronic communications: UPC DTH Sarl v Nemzeti Media- es Hirkozlesi Hatosag Elnokhelyettese - Ent. L.R. 2014, 25(8)
British Telecommunications Plc v Office of Communications - Ent. L.R. 2014, 25(6)
CAMRA's supercomplaint to the OFT - Ent. L.R. 2011, 22(5)
CJEU: legal professional privilege: CJEU decision on legal professional privilege and in-house lawyers - B.S.L.R. 2010, 11(2)
Competition regulators clear Project Canvas: OFCOM and OFT give freeview-on-demand joint venture green light - Ent. L.R. 2011, 22(2)
Project Kangaroo: "aiming to do for broadband what Freeview did for digital TV" (eventually) - Ent. L.R. 2009, 20(1)
The Microsoft investigations - Ent. L.R. 2008, 19(4)
News: how accessible is it? An examination of the public's right to access information in the European Union - Ent. L.R. 2007, 18(1)

Memberships & Associations

Law Society Competition Section
Competition Law Association
Scottish Competition Law Forum

Additional languages

Experience

CMA clears Eurofins' acquisition of Cellmark

Eurofins Scientific, a leading international group of laboratories, is given rapid clearance by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on its acquisition of Cellmark, in just 11 working days.

Paolo Palmigiano

Louisa Penny

Secret Escapes on the acquisition of TravelBird and Pigsback.com

Secret Escapes on the acquisition of Dutch based TravelBird, the online luxury and experience company, and Pigsback.com, the market leading marketplace in Ireland for online hospitality offers.

Press release

Richard Bursby

Tandeep Minhas

Louisa Penny

Graham Samuel-Gibbon

Sally Annereau

News Corporation and News Corp UK & Ireland

News Corporation and News Corp UK & Ireland on its recommended cash offer for talkSPORT owner Wireless Group plc for GBP220.3 million.

Louisa Penny

William Belcher

Electra Partners

Electra Partners on merger control advice in relation to on-going acquisitions.

Louisa Penny

Several pharmaceutical companies regarding merger control and competition law

Several pharmaceutical companies on merger control issues, R&D, cooperation agreements, co-marketing and related aspects.

Louisa Penny

Dr. Stefan Horn, LL.B.

Ranbaxy

Ranbaxy on its appeal to the General Court against the Commission's first decision in relation to reverse payment settlement agreements in the pharmaceutical sector.

Louisa Penny