I support clients by providing commercial, pragmatic solutions to enable them to navigate complex regulatory requirements and achieve their key commercial objectives.
chobson@cooley.com
Caroline’s practice focuses on providing clients with strategic competition law and regulatory advice. She represents clients seeking merger control and foreign direct investment (FDI) clearances, and has extensive experience with UK and European Union merger control processes, and the coordination of global merger and FDI filings. She also guides clients on competition law risk management and compliance strategies in respect of pricing, distribution, licensing and joint venture arrangements. She has advised on numerous UK and EU competition investigations, sector inquiries and market investigations, and has secured and defended the interests of clients during dawn raids conducted by the UK and EU competition authorities.
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Antitrust & Competition
Foreign Direct Investment
Antitrust Litigation & Enforcement
Life Sciences
Healthcare
Technology
I loved working with Caroline. She is calm, straightforward and pragmatic. She always gave me a realistic assessment of the situation, treated me as an equal and did not shy away from difficult conversations.
College of Law, GuildfordLPC, 1996
University of CambridgeBA, honours1995
England & Wales
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