England - London • Corporate and commercial
CMS
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Leveraging its huge global network to provide clients with a truly international offering, the ‘excellent’ team at CMS is well positioned to advise clients on the full gamut of strategic competition advice, with particular capabilities in the digital, media, energy and pharmaceuticals sectors. The practice is helmed by Brian Sher, who has been praised for his ’immense experience’ advising high-profile clients on the full scope of competition matters. Jacqueline Vallat was promoted to partner in May 2022 and is noted for her expertise advising on merger control and antitrust issues in the TMC, financial services and energy sectors. The national team has been strengthened by the arrival of Wendy Nicolson, based in Edinburgh, who joined from Pinsent Masons LLP, as well as Neil Baylis from Mishcon de Reya LLP in August 2023.
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‘Brian Sher leads an excellent team, with a great range of experience in the entertainment and digital sectors.’
‘Brian Sher has immense experience and expertise in competition mergers and investigations.'
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Key clients
- Alliance Pharma Plc
- BAE Systems
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Work highlights
- Advised BT on the competition and merger control aspects of the establishment of a novel sports broadcasting joint venture between BT Group (“BT”) and Warner Bros Discovery (“WBD”) for their major two UK and Ireland sports broadcasting businesses (BT Sport and Eurosport).
- Acting for Education Software solutions (ESS) and ParentPay in achieving a successful and novel settlement to a CMA abuse of dominance investigation regarding the notice period for contractual changes. The settlement involved an independent adjudication system.
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