Verity Egerton-Doyle

Country Of Admission

UK (England & Wales)

Services

Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group

"I advise clients on their most complex antitrust issues, from global merger control to investigations into anticompetitive conduct and litigation before the Competition Appeal Tribunal. My experience spans all sectors, including retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, energy, and mining, and I am particularly expert in competition issues in the tech sector. I aim to give clear and solutions-driven advice that is calibrated to clients’ commercial objectives."

Overview

Verity is a partner in Linklaters’ London Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group and co-head of the UK technology sector team and Co-Head of Games and Interactive Entertainment.

Verity has over a decade of experience across advisory, investigatory and transactional aspects of competition law in the EU and the UK, including on vertical and abuse of dominance issues. She is particularly familiar with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, having spent time on secondment to the CMA’s mergers group, during which she sat on the CMA’s Mergers Intelligence Committee.

Verity is recognised as a leading commentator on competition and regulatory issues in the tech sector and on platform regulation regimes.

Experience

Advised Viasat on its acquisition on UK merger control aspects of its acquisition of Inmarsat, cleared unconditionally by the CMA in Phase 2
Advised Sony Interactive Entertainment on the opt-out class action in relation to the PlayStation store and related regulatory proceedings
Advised Covestro on its acquisition of DSM’s sustainable coating resins business
Advised an online retail platform on a global cartel investigation, following dawn raids by the European Commission
Advised a global tech business on engagement with investigations under the EU Digital Market Act and abuse of dominance proceedings in multiple jurisdictions
Advised a global tech business on its engagement with the CMA’s Digital Markets Unit
Advised Spirent on its sale to Keysight Inc
Advised MyTheresa on its merger with Yoox-Net-A-Porter to create LuxExperience
Advised Intas / Accord Healthcare on the CMA’s investigation into alleged excessive pricing of hydrocortisone tablets and subsequent appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal
Advised Sainsbury’s on its proposed merger with ASDA

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Beyond the office

Verity is an active participant in the firm’s Social Impact programme, including as a member of the London Social Impact Committee. She is also regular volunteer with various initiatives including the Mary Ward Legal Centre.

Recognition

Verity is recognised as an ‘Up and Coming’ lawyer by Chambers, as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ by Legal 500, and was featured in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2025.

Education, Qualifications and Languages

Verity holds a MA in European Competition Law from Kings College London, for which she was awarded the prize for best dissertation. She has undergraduate degrees in Economics and Law, from the University of Queensland in Australia, for which she was awarded the Law Medal for Most Outstanding Graduate.

State Admissions
Queensland (Australia)

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