Caroline Hobson
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Competition Law
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About
Provided by Caroline Hobson
Practice Areas
- Antitrust & Competition
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Antitrust Litigation & Enforcement
- Life Sciences
- Healthcare
- Technology
Career
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.
Caroline’s experience spans a wide range of industries, with particular focus on advising clients in the consumer products, technology, media and telecommunications, transportation, financial services, and life sciences sectors. She combines her competition knowledge to advise on broader regulatory areas, including digital, utility, aviation and consumer regulatory regimes.
Professional Memberships
- Law Society Competition Section
- Competition Law Association
- Procurement Lawyers’ Association
Chambers Review
UK
Caroline Hobson of Cooley LLP often acts for clients on merger clearance mandates. She has additional experience in subsidy control matters and competition compliance issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I rely on her 100%. I cannot think of a time when she has not been available to us. I can trust her with any level of complexity and she is very good at seeing the heart of the issue."
"She has actively sought to understand our business and operations, which really helps."
"She is genuinely brilliant."
"Caroline Hobson is absolutely brilliant and one of my go-to people in London."
"Her experience is great and clearly on display. She can translate the advice for us."
"I rely on her 100%. I cannot think of a time when she has not been available to us. I can trust her with any level of complexity and she is very good at seeing the heart of the issue."
"She has actively sought to understand our business and operations, which really helps."
"She is genuinely brilliant."
"Caroline Hobson is absolutely brilliant and one of my go-to people in London."
"Her experience is great and clearly on display. She can translate the advice for us."
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