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.
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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
Ranking & Recommendations
2022 Chambers Europe
"Claire is very astute, extremely diligent and pays very close attention to detail. She has the ability to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. She is an expert in her field, with strong commercial awareness."
2023 Legal 500 EMEA
"Clare Waterson is an expert in telecoms/procurement cross-over issues."
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