Claire Waterson

Partner

Claire Waterson is a Partner in William Fry’s Competition & Regulation Department advising on all aspects of Irish and EU competition law, including merger control, restrictive practices, State aids, public procurement and free movement.

Claire Waterson

Claire specialises in sectoral regulation with a particular emphasis on telecommunications.

Recent significant deals include advising:

  • Aughinish Alumina on its successful EU General Court challenge to a Commission State aid decision
  • ComReg (Irish communications regulator) on a number of regulatory enforcement matters
  • Electricity Supply Board on the Irish merger control aspects of its acquisition of the transmission and distribution assets of Northern Ireland Electricity

 

2026 Legal 500 EMEA
2026 Chambers Europe
2025 Chambers Europe
2024 Legal 500 EMEA

Practice Areas

Competition Law
Public Procurement
Sectoral Regulation
ESG & Sustainability
Competition & Regulation
Public Sector

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