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Elaine Whiteford

Work Department
Competition Litigation
Position
Elaine Whiteford is a partner in Willkie’s Litigation and Antitrust & Competition practices in London. She has over 20 years’ experience of contentious EU, Competition and Regulatory work, specialising in follow-on damages litigation, challenges to regulatory decisions, cartel investigations and threatened disputes. Elaine also has extensive experience in relation to regulatory investigations conducted by the European Commission and other competition regulators. Her regulatory experience also extends to investigations by the Competition and Markets Authority, the Financial Conduct Authority, Ofwat, the Swiss Competition Commission and the Singapore Competition Authority and her experience includes investigating conduct, evaluating evidence and preparing leniency applications.
Education
Inns of Court School of Law, Bar Vocational Course, Law, 1999;
The Nottingham Trent University, Post Graduate Diploma, 1998;
Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, PhD, 1997; University of Edinburgh, LLB (Hons), 1990
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
(Leading partners)Maintaining relationships with a number of key corporate clients, Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP is well respected for its representation of claimants and defendants across all manner of competition litigation. ‘A top-rate team that runs on full steam‘, the group is a key destination for clients engaged in both collective actions and cartel cases. ‘Hugely experienced in competition litigation, very sharp strategically and a fine lawyer‘, Boris Bronfentrinker is noted for his capabilities in novel areas of competition law. Follow-on litigation, regulatory challenges, and cartel investigations are all mainstays of Elaine Whiteford‘s broad competition practice. Michelle Clark has niche experience concerning the increasing links between data protection and competition law.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Competition litigation London > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Finance > High yield
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium