Reign Lee is an associate and the head of strategy at Van Bael & Bellis, based in the firm’s London office. Her work focuses on all aspects of UK and EU competition law, with a particular emphasis on horizontal and vertical agreements, follow-on litigation and market investigations. She has a keen interest in emerging areas such as digital markets, sustainability agreements and subsidy control. Reign has particular expertise in the strategic management issues that businesses face. Her previous experience includes advising international and independent law firms as well as organisations on a wide range of issues, including international strategy development, client development, project management, policy design and implementation, market positioning, and internal strategy alignment. Reign is globally certified as a Legal Project Practitioner with the International Institute of Legal Project Management. She has a certificate in M&A from Columbia Business School and a certificate in Hedge Fund Management from Henley Business School. In addition to her legal role, Reign holds a management role as the Head of Strategy for Van Bael & Bellis.
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On 26 April 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to buy Activision, a leading video games publisher, citing concerns that the deal would distort competition on the nascent cloud gaming market and ultimately lead to reduced innovation and (...)
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On 23 March 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority published its annual plan for 2023 to 2024 (“Annual Plan”). The Annual Plan outlines the CMA’s areas of focus for the next 12 months (starting 1 April 2023) and, taking on a new approach in this year’s plan, also maps out the (...)
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On 25 January 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”) opened a consultation on its Draft Guidance on Horizontal Agreements, which is intended to set out the framework for the application of the Chapter I prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 - the UK equivalent of Article (...)
