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Lucy Charatan
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Lucy Charatan

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  • English

Lucy Charatan is an associate in the Competition Team at CMS London.  Lucy advises on a wide range of EU and UK competition law and regulatory issues. Her competition experience has included: advising on EU and UK merger control aspects of transactions, as well as advising clients on Article 101/Chapter I cartel investigations and Article 102/Chapter II dominance issues. Lucy also has experience in advising clients on competition law risk management and compliance training, state aid/subsidy control matters and on the application of the new UK foreign investment control regime.

Relevant experience

  • An energy company on the merger control and FDI issues arising from the sale of an offshore windfarm. 
  • Advising various companies on the application of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 and the submission of notifications to the Investment Security Unit in BEIS.
  • A client in respect of the merger control and FDI position relating to the purchase of offshore transmission assets.
  • Cadent Gas Limited on its RIIO-GD2 price control appeal.
  • Telit plc on the merger control and FDI issues arising from its £307m takeover. 
  • Alliance Pharmaceuticals on a CMA competition law investigation.
  • A pharmaceutical company subject to a CMA competition law investigation, including the negotiation of undertakings to successfully resolve the case by way of commitments. 
  • A client on its response to a complaint from a competitor in relation to Article 102/Chapter II dominance issues, including conducting an internal investigation on its behalf.
  • A global music company on the design of a competition law compliance programme.
  • Northern Ireland Water on the design and implementation of a UCR-regulated innovation partnership for a hydrogen demonstrator project. 
  • Various clients on the subsidy control issues relating to COVID-19 government grants. 

Education

  • 2021 - Postgraduate Diploma, EU Competition Law - King's College London, London.
  • 2018 - LPC Msc - The University of Law, London.
  • 2017 - Law - University of Cambridge, Cambridge.