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Sarah O'Keeffe

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Position

Sarah practises in competition, commercial and public law. She joined chambers as a tenant in September 2022, following the successful completion of pupillage supervised by Laura Newton, Tim Johnston and Daniel Piccinin.

Sarah graduated with a BA in Jurisprudence with Law Studies in Europe (Spain) (First Class) from Brasenose College, Oxford in 2017. This included a year studying Spanish Law at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. She then obtained a distinction in the BCL (Brasenose College, Oxford), studying competition law, law and computer science, commercial remedies and conflict of laws. During her studies, Sarah secured six scholarships and six university prizes, including for the highest marks in human rights (UPF) and criminal litigation (the Bar Course).

Before coming to the Bar, Sarah was a research assistant to professors Ariel Ezrachi and Rebecca Williams, primarily in competition law, law and computer science, and public law. She then worked with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, researching private international law and AI. She speaks fluent Spanish and conversational Turkish.

Career

Call: 2021

Education

2021: Bar Course at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy

2020: BCL at Brasenose College, Oxford (Distinction)

2017: BA in Jurisprudence with Law Studies in Europe (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) (First Class)