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Sarah Jordan

Work Department
Antitrust & Competition
Position
Sarah Jordan is an Antitrust & Competition partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Her practice focuses on all aspects of European and UK competition law, advising on cartels, mergers, antitrust and State aid issues for European and U.S. clients. Her experience includes work with sectors as diverse as pharmaceuticals, air transport, directory and internet services, basic manufacturing and construction materials, chemicals, brewing, digital storage products, financial services, and paper. Sarah has managed many transactions requiring approval for private equity and other clients before the European Commission, UK Competition & Markets Authority, and has coordinated multijurisdictional notifications in North and South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. She has also been engaged in a number of conduct matters, including transatlantic cartel investigations, advising on dawn raid procedures and conducting antitrust audits, and acting on cases before the EC and the European Courts.
Career
2011 to present Kirkland & Ellis International LLP; 2002-2011 Howrey LLP; 1999-2000 DG Competition, European Commission — Brussels
Languages
French
Memberships
Committee Member and Past-Chair, The Competition Section, Law Society of England and Wales; Member, American Bar Association, Antitrust Section
Education
University of Bristol, UK (LLB with European Legal Studies 1998); College of Law, Guildford (LPC 1998); Kings College, London (Postgraduate Diploma in Economics for Competition Law 2008)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
(Leading individuals)Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is recognised across the market as one of the most active firms in multinational merger control filings, particularly in relation to private equity clients. The group also stands out for its impressive cohort of female lawyers at partner level; in addition to practice head Paula Riedel, the team also includes Sarah Jordan, Sally Evans and Annie Herdman . Thomas Wilson left the London office in 2021 to lead the firm’s new Brussels offering.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals - London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- EU and competition - London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > High yield
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £500m+
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition