Partner

Jackie Vallat is a partner in the Antitrust, Competition and Trade Team in London. She advises on a range of antitrust, merger control and foreign investment control issues, including their implications and strategy in international transactions, as well as antitrust compliance and risk management. Jackie focuses on financial services, energy and TMC, and has advised extensively on antitrust and merger/foreign investment control issues in those sectors. Jackie also has particular expertise advising on regulatory issues, especially UK airport regulation and the EU and UK regulatory framework for electronic communications. Jackie frequently advises TMC clients on compliance with UK electronic communications regulation.

Prior to joining CMS, Jackie was a stagiaire at the European Court of Justice and the European Commission, where she worked on competition and IP issues associated with the ‘Open Innovation’ model resulting in a report published by the European Commission.

Jackie is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and is on the EU List registered and regulated by the Dutch Brussels Bar.

Jackie was recognised as one of the top “40 under 40” foreign investment lawyers globally in the Global Competition Review’s inaugural survey of next generation leading foreign investment lawyers.

Member of the Law Society's Competition Section. Women in Telecoms and Technology.

2011 – LPC (Distinction), BPP, London 2010 – GDL (Distinction), Kaplan Law School, London 2008 – LLM (High 2:1), University of Cambridge, Cambridge 2007 – Maîtrise de Droit Economique et des Affaires (Mention Tres Bien), Université de Nice-Sophie Antipolis, Nice (France)