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Louise Tolley

Knowledge Counsel

Louise's responsibilities include managing the know-how resources for the global antitrust practice, providing current awareness briefings and thought leadership pieces, including our annual publication “Global trends in merger control enforcement” and our monthly newsletter commenting on key antitrust developments, “Antitrust in Focus.”

Louise regularly delivers training and workshops both internally and to clients on a wide range of topics but with particular expertise in antitrust compliance and dawn raids. Louise has extensive experience of advising clients on how to comply with competition rules and managing dawn raids, as well as advising on the impact of developments in antitrust policy and regulation. She also advises clients on complex behavioural antitrust issues such as distribution arrangements and cooperation agreements between competitors, as well as abuses of dominant position.

Louise is closely involved in the group's business development initiatives and has co-developed a number of client-facing tools to assist them with their antitrust compliance activities.

Louise is currently the Consultant Editor of the LexisPSL Competition online tool.

Published Work

  • The Lear Report on digital mergers: evolution not revolution? With Jessica Bowring, PLC Magazine, July 2019

Speaking Engagements

  • IAPP Data Protection Congress 2019

Awards

  • TMT Firm of the Year, Legal 500 UK Awards 2019
  • Ranked 3rd, “Global Elite” firms 2019, Global Competition Review
  • Competition Team of the Year, British Legal Awards 2018
  • Competition Team of the Year, Legal Business Awards 2017
  • TMT Team of the Year, British Legal Awards 2016

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2005

Admitted as solicitor, Ireland, 2016

Academic

MA, Law, Downing College, Cambridge University, 2002

Post graduate Diploma in Competition Law Economics, 2012, King’s College London

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.