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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职业发展

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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教育

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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Publications

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)

会员资格和附属关系

Law Society Competition Section
Competition Law Association
Scottish Competition Law Forum

语言

English

专长

执业领域和服务团队专利与创新竞争、欧盟与贸易事务国家援助

行业技术、媒体与通信 (TMC)消费与零售酒店与休闲

Experience

Secret Escapes on the acquisition of TravelBird and Pigsback.com	Secret Escapes on the acquisition of Dutch based TravelBird, the online luxury and experience company, and Pigsback.com, the market leading marketplace in Ireland for online hospitality offers.
Electra Partners	Electra Partners on merger control advice in relation to on-going acquisitions.
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.

Various	Successfully advising from both a plaintiff and defendant perspective on various multi-million pound "follow-on" damages claims after a number of European Commission and CMA infringement Decisions.
A pharmaceutical manufacturer	A pharmaceutical manufacturer in High Court litigation concerning a competition law based claim for damages relating to the heartburn medicine Gaviscon.
A number of technology clients	A number of technology clients on various High Court disputes involving the application of competition law and the concept of "FRAND" to various patent infringement disputes in the technology sector.

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