Davina Garrod
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : Competition Law
Band 4
About
Provided by Davina Garrod
Practice Areas
Davina Garrod leads Akin's EU/UK competition group. She advises multinationals, corporates and financial institutions on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and restructurings. With more than 24 years’ experience, in addition to conducting multijurisdictional merger control analyses, navigating and obtaining antitrust and regulatory approvals for complex transactions within and outside of Europe, and negotiating remedies packages, Davina represents sovereign wealth funds, private equity (PE) firms and banks in the context of their strategic and financial investments (transactional and contentious). She also advises clients on technology transfer/intellectual property (IP) commercialisation/licensing; cartel (Article 101/Ch.I) and dominance (Article 102/Ch.II) investigations; other investigations by government agencies and regulators, including UK NSIA/FDI, EU/UK State aid/subsidies, competition/regulatory appeals, and private damages claims before the CAT/courts.
Professional Memberships
Law Society BREXIT Taskforce; Law Society Competition Section Advisory Committee chairperson (2012, 2013)/member (2010-2022); Council Member for EU Matters, Law Society of England & Wales, 2012 to 2017; 100 Women in Finance; Women’s Competition Network; IBA Public Law Committee (2010-2014) Chairperson (2011); ABA Antitrust Section (2003-2022).
Personal
L.P.C., The College of Law, London, 1996; Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge, M.A., 1995 (Hons) Law
Chambers Review
Europe
Davina Garrod of Akin often advises interested third parties on the potential outcome of merger clearance filings and on CMA behavioural investigations. She also assists clients with obtaining competition law clearance for joint ventures and strategic partnerships.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Her stand-out qualities are her in-depth expertise with global antitrust, strong industry network, clear communication, and ability to think outside the box in the face of complex situations."
"She is highly responsive, excellent from a technical perspective and very well plugged into market developments."
"She is an excellent relationship builder who understood our position and worked tirelessly to help us navigate complex decisions to maximise our chances of success."
"Her stand-out qualities are her in-depth expertise with global antitrust, strong industry network, clear communication, and ability to think outside the box in the face of complex situations."
"She is highly responsive, excellent from a technical perspective and very well plugged into market developments."
"She is an excellent relationship builder who understood our position and worked tirelessly to help us navigate complex decisions to maximise our chances of success."
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