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Claire Barraclough

Associate

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Claire Barraclough

Associate

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English, French

Claire is an associate in the Antitrust, Competition and Trade Team at CMS. She advises clients on a variety of competition and regulatory matters. Her competition experience includes advising on EU and UK merger control aspects of transactions, Article 101/Chapter I and Article 102/Chapter II investigations, and competition law risk management and compliance training. Claire also has particular expertise advising clients on the implications of EU and UK telecoms regulation, on the application of the UK foreign investment control regime, and advising clients in the adtech sector. 

Claire joined CMS in February 2022, having trained at a specialist technology, media and telecoms firm.

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Relevant experience

  • BT on its agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. to form a 50:50 joint venture to create a new sports offering for the UK and Ireland.
  • A global pharmaceutical company on antitrust aspects of complex proposed distribution arrangements.
  • An international investor on UK telecoms regulatory aspects of its acquisition of a fibre network provider in the UK. 
  • GLIL Infrastructure and Octopus Energy on the acquisition of an interest in the largest operational offshore wind farm in the world at the time, Hornsea One.
  • A consortium of interested parties in relation to a CMA complaint and investigation related to the AdTech sector.
  • A large tech company in relation to the CMA’s Online Platforms and Digital Advertising market study. 
  • A UK fibre network provider in relation to a regulatory appeal against Ofcom’s 2016 Business Connectivity Market Review.
  • A UK Government Agency in relation to telecoms regulation and its impact on network rollout.   
  • A retail performance marketing platform business in relation to a High Court claim for damages for abuse of dominance.
  • A specialist software company in relation to a CMA Phase 2 merger review and subsequent appeal in the Competition Appeal Tribunal and application for permission to appeal in the Court of Appeal. 
  • Various companies on the strategic implications of the National Security and Investment Act 2021. 
  • Providing compliance training and materials to a UK pharmaceutical company.
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Education

  • 2020 – LPC LLM, University of Law, London.
  • 2018 – GDL, BPP Law School, London.
  • 2016 – BA in History and French, University of Oxford, Oxford.
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Expertise

12/05/2022
10 key aspects of the revised EU competition law in the field of distribution...
The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the new accompanying Vertical Guidelines (VGL) were published on 10 May 2022. The new VBER will enter into force on 1 June 2022 and apply for the next twelve years. The new VBER/VGL introduce sev
Law-Now Distribution and Franchising

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04/03/2024
Digital Regulatory and Competition Reforms Pass Lords Committee Stage with...
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (“Bill”) has been making its way through the House of Lords committee stage. A new version of the DMCC Bill, incorporating amendments proposed by...
Law-Now
20/09/2023
“Conduct requirements” and “Pro-Com­pet­i­tion In­ter­ven­tions”: New tools in...
This is the third in a series of articles analysing specific features of the digital and competition reforms contained in the recently published Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the Bill). ...
Law-Now
06/06/2023
The UK’s new digital regime regulating firms with “strategic market status”:...
This is the second in a series of articles analysing specific features of the digital and competition reforms contained in the recently published Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the Bill)...
Law-Now
04/05/2023
UK merger control reform: significant expansion planned in the Digital...
As noted in our recent Law-Now the UK Government has finally published the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the Bill).This is the first in a series of articles analysing specific...
Law-Now
25/04/2023
Competition reform and the UK’s answer to Big Tech: the Digital Markets,...
On 25 April 2023, the Government published and introduced to Parliament the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill.  The Bill’s scope is wide and covers three broad areas: the...
Law-Now
05/08/2022
CMS advises consortium on acquisition of interest in world’s largest offshore...
International law firm CMS has advised a consortium comprised of GLIL Infrastructure and Octopus Energy Group on its agreement to acquire a 12.5% interest in the Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm from Global...
Publication
14/07/2022
CMS Media Update Morning
Our popular Media Update Morning returns. We are delighted that this session will be our first in person media event since before the pandemic and we are very excited to see you all. Please do come early...
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