Sarah Wilks

Oct 15, 2024 | mondaq.com | Sarah Wilks |Mark E. Hills |Ondrej Hajda |Amrit Walia

MB Mayer Brown More Mayer Brown is a distinctively global law firm, uniquely positioned to advise the world’s leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex deals and disputes. We have deep experience in high-stakes litigation and complex transactions across industry sectors, including our signature strength, the global financial services industry.

Oct 9, 2024 | lexology.com | Sarah Wilks |Mark E. Hills |Ondrej Hajda |Amrit Walia

Following the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (“CMA“) recent investigation regarding ‘Green Claims’ in the fashion industry (discussed here), the CMA has now published a Compliance Guide to help fashion businesses “stay on the right side of consumer law”. This is part of the CMA’s “essential” work to ensure consumers can make informed choices based on environmental claims that they can trust. In short, all of your environmental claims must be clear and accurate.

Sep 11, 2024 | mondaq.com | Sarah Wilks |Mark E. Hills

With the UK Competition and Markets Authority's formal Green Agreements Guidance having been in effect for more than six months, we now have early indications of the CMA's initial approach, in practice, to assessing collaboration between competitors seeking to achieve green goals. In this article, Mark Hills and Sarah Wilks unpack the main lessons learnt so far and flag key points to consider when assessing potential collaboration in this space.

May 23, 2024 | mondaq.com | Sarah Wilks |Daniel Vowden

In a recent court judgment, the English High Court reversed a lower court ruling and confirmed that when applying for a warrant to search a domestic dwelling, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is not generally required to provide evidence that an affected individual may have a particular propensity to conceal or destroy relevant evidence.

May 2, 2024 | mondaq.com | Daniel Vowden |Nathalie Jalabert-Doury |Sarah Wilks

The English High Court has issued a landmark judgment confirming the ability of the UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") to conduct raids of private residential premises when investigating suspected cartels.1 Overturning an earlier ruling of the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT"), on 22 April 2024 the High Court held that when applying for a domestic search warrant the CMA is not required to provide evidence that an affected individual may have a particular propensity to conceal or...