Claire Shepherd is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition practice group of Gibson Dunn, based in the London office.
Claire’s practice spans the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious UK and EU antitrust matters, including mergers, behavioural investigations and appeals, antitrust related litigation and other competition compliance issues. She has particular expertise in navigating antitrust and foreign investment / national security regimes on high-profile, complex and politically sensitive global transactions, and advising on antitrust and digital markets frameworks and regulatory engagement in the technology space.
Claire advises corporate and private capital clients across a wide range of industry sectors, including in particular AI, technology and digital services, aerospace and defence, consumer products and services, entertainment and media, and financial services.
Claire speaks on a range of EU and UK antitrust and foreign investment issues, and has completed secondments at large technology, entertainment and consumer services firms.
Representative experience includes advising:*
- VMware on the European Commission and CMA in-depth antitrust reviews of its $69 billion acquisition by Broadcom
- Inflection AI on the antitrust review and regulatory engagement of its precedent setting strategic license and hire transaction with Microsoft
- Several of the largest global technology firms on various strategic acquisitions and investments
- Macquarie Rotorcraft on the UK antitrust review of its acquisition by SMFL LCI Helicopters Limited
- Airbus on its acquisition of Unical Aviation
- News Corp on its sale of Foxtel to, and acquisition of a minority stake in, DAZN
- A household brand in the consumer products sector on the antitrust review and regulatory engagement of its acquisition of a European competitor
- ArcelorMittal on its $1 billion acquisition of a strategic stake in Vallourec
- Xylem on its $7.5 billion acquisition of Evoqua
- A major global financial institution on EU cartel investigations and a subsequent appeal to the EU Courts
- Japanese smart card chip producer Renesas in a combined follow on and standalone damages claim brought in the High Court by Vodafone in connection with the EU Smart Card Chips cartel decision
- Micro Focus International on its $8.8 billion merger with Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s software business
*Some of these representations occurred prior to Claire’s association with Gibson Dunn.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- BPP Law School - 2012 Legal Practice Course
- University of Nottingham - 2010 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- England & Wales - Solicitor