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Jessica Bowring
Biography
Jessica advises on all aspects of UK and EU competition law, including complex international merger control proceedings, cartel investigations and behavioural advice and on foreign direct investment regimes, including the UK National Security and Investment Act.
Jessica’s practice spans a broad range of sectors, with particular expertise in life sciences, energy and TMT.
Jessica recently spent six months on secondment to the UK Competition and Markets Authority developing post-Brexit competition policy and guidelines and sustainability-related policy. Jessica has also spent nine months on secondment to the firm's Brussels office.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- Antitrust
- Disputes
- Administrative and public law
Selected experience
- Texas Instruments on its USD7.5bn acquisition of Silicon Labs.
- Recticel on the UK Phase 2 merger control review of the sale of its engineered foams division to Carpenter.
- Genmab on its proposed USD8 bn acquisition of Merus N.V., a clinical-stage biotechnology company.
- Exscientia on its transatlantic combination with Recursion Pharmaceuticals to create a leading Nasdaq-listed technology-first, end-to-end AI-driven drug discovery company.
- Ageas on its GBP1.295 billion acquisition of esure Group from Bain Capital.
- Oakley Capital on its USD1bn sale of its portfolio company, vLex, a leading LegalTech platform, to Clio, a global leader in legal technology.
- Kyowa Kirin International (KKI) on its joint venture collaboration with global science-based, privately owned pharmaceutical company Grünenthal for KKI’s established medicines portfolio.
- 21st Century Fox on the merger and UK regulatory aspects of its GBP27.7bn takeover bid for Sky and the subsequent GBP11.6bn sale of its 39% stake in Sky to Comcast, and separately on its proposed USD71bn acquisition by The Walt Disney Company.
- A multinational telecommunications company on merger control and FDI clearances for the establishment of a pan-European data centre platform.
Education
- BA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford, 2010
- LLB, University of Law, 2013
Admissions
- Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2015