Sneha Ramakrishnan is a VP in Barclays’ Global Competition Team, based in London. She advises the investment bank and functions globally, including on antitrust investigations/litigation, M&A, designing/implementing compliance programmes and general advisory matters. Sneha has particular expertise of advising on ESG, HR practices, multi-bank deals and blockchain. She is currently seconded to the bank’s ESG Legal team and previously spent 6 years at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in London, New York and seconded to BP
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The European Commission (Commission) announced today its decision to fine multinational cable and telecoms company Altice €124.5 million for breaching the EU Merger Regulation by implementing its 2015 acquisition of a telecommunications operator, PT Portugal, before notification to, or (...)
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With complex merger reviews now taking 6-15 months, buyers can face lengthy periods between signing and closing, when they bear commercial risk but the target is required to operate entirely independently. While most competition agencies allow buyers to take reasonable and necessary steps to (...)
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On 10 May 2017, the European Commission (Commission) released the final report on its two-year inquiry into the e-commerce sector (the Report). This Report presents the Commission’s definitive findings, taking account of comments received on its preliminary report of September 2016 and its (...)
