Overview
Ciara Barbu-O'Connor is an associate in the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group in the firm's Brussels office.
Areas of Practice
Ciara is a member of the firm’s EU Competition & Regulatory practice and advises on all aspects of European, UK and Belgian competition law, including mergers, cartels, abuse of dominance as well as State aid across all sectors and industries.
Her past experience includes work in the antitrust groups of other international law firms in Brussels and in the Directorate-General for competition of the European Commission where she worked on the transposition of the EU Directive for antitrust damages.
Insights
Articles
Antitrust Law Blog Posts
- "COVID-19 Outbreak and Adjusted EU State Aid Control," March 23, 2020
- "Loan Syndication and EU Competition Law," December 17, 2018
Practices
Education
Master of Laws Candidate, Université Catholique of Louvain, 2018-2019
LL.M., Leiden University, 2016, upper second class honours
LL.B., University of Exeter, 2015, upper second class honours
Languages
- Dutch
- French
- Spanish