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DLA Piper

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DLA Piper fields a well-regarded competition practice with strong capabilities across merger control, foreign direct investment, investigations, and behavioural matters. The team continues to advise on a number of high-value mandates, including multi-billion-pound public takeovers and complex leveraged buyouts. Practice head Matt Evans is praised by international clients for his adept handling of multijurisdictional filings. Alexandra Kamerling leads on several of the firm’s flagship merger control instructions. Sarah Smith left the practice in March 2025.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'High performing and highly capable practice with one of the best cross-border capabilities on the market.’

  • 'Mid-sized firm, good partner team, pragmatic commercial approach to achieving merger clearance most efficiently.'

  • 'Matt Evans - long experience, laser-focused on the end game with the CMA and gaining merger clearance.'

  • 'Alistair White is our main contact point within DLA and we couldn't be happier with the quality of advice and understanding he has of our business.'

  • 'The team ideally combines experience, deep subject matter expertise, business acumen, project management skills that together with the simplified billing process ensures that an outstanding added value to clients' needs, in particular in case of complex cross-jurisdictional projects, is provided.'

Key clients

  • Keywords Studios
  • Warner Bros. Discovery
  • Liberty Global
  • Premier League
  • Dechra Pharmaceuticals
  • Compass Group PLC
  • Tapi Carpets & Floors
  • YouGov
  • British Steel
  • Molson Coors
  • Sytner Inc
  • McBride Plc
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Yew Tree Dairies

Work highlights

Advised Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global on the sale of All3Media.
Advised Keywords Studios PLC on the merger control and foreign direct investment aspects of the public takeover by EQT.
Represented Yew Tree Dairy, a UK based family-owned dairy processing company, in relation to its sale to Müller.

Practice head

Matt Evans

Other key lawyers

Sam Szlezinger; Alexandra Kamerling; Chloe Cumber; Alistair White; Martin Ström