Ludmilla Le Grand

ludmilla.legrand@lw.com

+44.20.7710.4508

Profile

Ludmilla (Luda) Le Grand is recognized as one of the best up-and-coming female lawyers in the UK and advises clients on a wide range of antitrust and competition matters.

She advises clients on EU and UK competition law and regulatory issues, with a specific focus on complex merger control, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance, as well as foreign direct investment at both EU and UK level, having spent time on secondment at the UK’s Competition Markets Authority. Her practice spans multiple industry sectors, including energy, life sciences, telecoms, transport, and financial services.

Prior to joining Latham, Ludmilla worked as a managing associate in the antitrust and competition practice of other international law firms.

Experience

Ludmilla’s experience includes advising:

Microsoft in securing CMA Phase 1 unconditional merger clearance of its high-profile hiring of former employees of Inflection.ai and entry into related agreements
Ericsson in relation to its proposed joint venture with all major European leading CSPs regarding its platform to aggregate APIs, with parallel reviews across the globe
Anglo American in several of its transactions, including:
- Its c. US$70 billion merger of equals with Teck Resources, which has over 10 regulatory filings
- The Phase II EC merger control investigation in relation to Anglo American’s disposal of nickel mines to MMG
- Its planned US$5 billion copper joint venture with Codelco
Thermo Fisher Scientific in obtaining complex UK and German (Phase II) clearance of its US$3.1 billion acquisition of Olink
Viasat in relation to its US$7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat, including both UK CMA and EC Phase II processes resulting in unconditional clearances
Demant A/S in relation to its Phase II CMA review regarding its disposal of Oticon Medical to Cochlear Limited, including a complex carve-out remedy
Bunge Limited for its US$34 billion merger with rival Viterra, requiring merger notifications in 30 jurisdictions globally (EU conditional Phase I clearance)
E.ON in securing a Phase II conditional clearance from the EC for its €43 billion acquisition of Innogy and asset swap deal with RWE, as well as a Phase I unconditional clearance from the CMA for the minority investment made by RWE into E.ON at the same time*
Unilever in relation to its €6.8 billion disposal of its spreads business*
BBA Aviation in securing a Phase I conditional clearance with remedies from the CMA for its sale of ASIG to John Menzies*
WestRock in relation to its acquisition of paper solutions provider MPS*
PSP on a wide variety of complex merger control structures and filings around the globe*
Volvo and Renault Trucks in relation to the European Commission’s Trucks cartel investigation*
A global energy client in relation to Article 9 commitments with the European Commission*
A UK water company in relation to its challenge to the CMA of Ofwat’s 2019 price control determinations*
A leading urban transport network company and other claimants in private enforcement claims in the UK High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal*
Several platforms in the financial services sector on issues around competitor collaboration and information exchange*