Sally Evans

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Overview

Sally stands out as a result of her detail-oriented approach in applying the competition FDI filing regimes and her tenacity in ensuring with appropriate parties that responses are exhaustive and drafted in a clear, concise manner.” - Chambers UK, 2024

Sally is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Team based in London. Her practice covers merger control, cartel investigations and compliance advice.

Sally has extensive experience in managing multi-jurisdictional merger reviews and regularly represents private equity clients, corporates and financial institutions before the European Commission and UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”). Sally is dual qualified in England & Wales and Brussels.

Sally has been named as one of Global Competition Review’s “40 Under 40” in their quadrennial survey of the top young antitrust lawyers in the world (2020). Who’s Who Legal recognized Sally as a Thought Leader in ‘Competition’ (2022). Chambers and Partners (2024) have recognised Sally for her “details-oriented approach” and “timely and commercial” practical advice. The Legal 500 (2024) has recognised Sally as an “excellent” and “technically skilled” partner and has listed her as a “Leading Lawyer” for EU and Competition law.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Sally has practiced competition law in Brussels and Beijing and also gained experience in-house.

Sally regularly represents pro bono clients in unpaid wages claims cases.

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Thought Leadership

Publications 

UK Cabinet Office Publishes Second Annual Report on UK National Security and Investment Act”, Kirkland Alert, July 2023

"The EU Foreign Subsidies Regime: Final Implementing Regulation," Kirkland Alert, July 2023

EU Foreign Subsidies Regime: Draft Implementing Regulation”, Kirkland Alert, February 2023

"EU Clears the Way for New Foreign Subsidies Regime Impacting Dealmaking in Europe", Kirkland Alert, July 2022

UK National Security & Investment Act: First Experiences”, Kirkland Alert, July 2022

The UK’s New Foreign Investment Screening Regime — What Dealmakers Need to Know”, Kirkland Alert, November 2021

2020 EU Antitrust Update”, Kirkland Alert, March 2020

Competition Law Update, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, November 2020

Competition Law Update, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, June 2020 

“Canon/Toshiba Medical Systems: questions raised on the legitimacy of warehousing and further enforcement of gun jumping”, Competition Law Journal, Volume 19/Issue 1., 2020

Competition Law Update, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, March 2020 

Competition Law Update, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, November 2019 

Competition Law Update, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, June 2019

Competition Law Update, Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, March 2019

"Ripples in the Water: How Will Competition Law Apply to Pools Going Forwards?" The Chartered Insurance Institute Journal, April–May 2017

"Insurers Face Increased Costs Following Block Exemption’s Demise", Insurance Day, 12 May 2017

"Pooling Arrangements in the Insurance Industry Following Expiry of the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation", Competition Law Journal, Volume 16/ Issue 2., 2017

Press Mentions

“China outbound M&A report part five: looking to Europe,” International Financial Law Review, April 29, 2022

Seminars

Speaker, Kirkland & Ellis Webinar on Foreign Subsidies Regulation - EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”) - Gearing up for Filings, February 28, 2023

Speaker, Lexology/GCR Webinar on UK merger control - UK merger control briefing: latest trends and developments, May 4, 2022

Recognition

Recognised by Legal 500 as a “Leading Lawyer” of EU and Competition law, 2024

Recognised by Chambers Europe as an “Up and Coming” lawyer of Competition law, 2023

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2008, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
  • Brussels (A List)

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

Education

  • King's College LondonPost-Graduate Diploma in EU Competition Lawwith Distinction2009
  • Oxford Institute of Legal PracticePost-Graduate Diploma in Legal Practicewith Distinction2005
  • St. Anne's College, University of OxfordJurisprudence (Law)2004