Jessica Gardner > Fieldfisher > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Fieldfisher Offices
RIVERBANK HOUSE
2 SWAN LANE
LONDON
EC4R 3TT
England
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Jessica Gardner
Work Department
Competition and Regulatory
Position
Partner in the Competition and Regulatory Group at Fieldfisher, based in London. More than 12 years of experience advising UK and international clients on a range of competition law matters, including dawn raids, CMA investigations, market studies, abuses of market power, merger control and antitrust litigation. Jessica also leads on Fieldfisher’s offering of ESG regulatory support in the UK. Jessica advises across all sectors, with particular expertise in food and beverage, retail/consumer goods and life sciences.
She is well regarded in the market, having been named in law.com’s Rising Star awards in 2022 as one of the UK’s Top 25 up and coming female lawyers under 40, listed as a Next Generation Partner in Legal 500 2023 and 2024 and awarded Runner Up in the ‘Lawyer of the Year’ category at the Modern Law Awards in 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘commercially astute’ team at Fieldfisher is routinely instructed by a strong roster of clients from a range of sectors on the full scope of competition law matters. The practice is reputed for its experience in handling complex cross-border deals involving multiple merger and FDI filings, as well as numerous cartel investigations. Praised for his ‘in depth knowledge’, John Cassels heads the practice and co-heads the broader regulatory team at the firm. Cassels is noted for his expertise across the full gamut of competition UK and EU competition matters, with a strong record in investigation cases. Jessica Gardner, who is lauded by clients for going ‘above and beyond to deliver commercial and pragmatic advice on time’, was promoted to partner in May 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- EU and competition London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Court of protection
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Securitisation
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital