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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Karriere

Since 2014	Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2010 - 2014	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2007 - 2009	Solicitor, DLA Piper

2005 - 2007	Solicitor, Hammonds
2003 - 2005	Trainee Solicitor, Hammonds

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Ausbildung

2007	LLM in Competition Law, King's College London
2005	Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
2002	LPC, Oxford Institute of Legal Practice

2001	PGDL, Nottingham Law School
2000	LLB Hons in Scots Law, University of Edinburgh

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Publikationen

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)

Mitgliedschaften

Law Society Competition Section
Competition Law Association
Scottish Competition Law Forum

Fremdsprachen

English

Expertise

Rechtsgebiete und Gruppen Patents Technology & Life Sciences Competition, EU & Trade EU-Beihilferecht

Branchen Technology, Media & Communications Consumer Goods & Retail Life Sciences & Healthcare

Referenzen

Beratung von Secret Escapes Übernahme von TravelBird und Pigsback.com	Beratung von Secret Escapes bei der Übernahme des niederländischen Unternehmens TravelBird, einem Online-Erlebnisunternehmen, und Pigsback.com, dem Marktführer in Irland für Hospitality-Angebote.
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.
A medical devices manufacturer	A medical devices manufacturer on successfully advising and securing the early closure of a European Commission pan-European investigation into potentially anti-competitive behaviour.

A defence company	A defence company on successfully securing merger control approval from the CMA for a merger that created a monopoly in the defence sector, and involved the application of the public interest test in the area of national security. Clearance was obtained through reliance on the "failing firm defence".
Electra Partners	Electra Partners on merger control advice in relation to on-going acquisitions.
Pharma: Beratung diverser Unternehmen bei Fragen zur Fusionskontrolle und dem Wettbewerbsrecht	Beratung diverser Pharmaunternehmen bei Fragen der Fusionskontrolle, Forschung und Entwicklung, Kooperationsvereinbarungen, Co-Marketing und weiteren verwandten Aspekten.