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."

2022 Legal 500 EMEA
"Claire is a real pleasure to deal with. Very clear, collaborative and great with clients. She is very responsive and provides a very high-quality service. Claire provides timely, thought-through, consistently relevant and smart advice on all areas under her remit."

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