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31st Annual IBA Communications and Competition Law Conference

25 Apr - 26 Apr 2022

The Four Seasons Hotel Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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Kirsten Edwards-Warren

Biography

Kirsten has worked as a professional economist for over 20 years. She is the deputy head of Compass Lexecon EMEA. Previously, she served as Director of Economics at both the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission. Kirsten’s recent cases include the mergers YPO/Findel Education, LiquiBox/DS Smith (Rapak), Cengage/McGraw-Hill, TopCashBack/Quidco and Nielsen/Ebiquity, which were investigated by the UK CMA. She also advised on Aon/Willis Towers Watson, Compass Group/Fazer Food Services, IBM/Red Hat, GSK/Pfizer Consumer Health Business and Suzano/Fibria with merger proceedings before the European Commission and globally. She has also worked on various recent Article 102 investigations into excessive pricing, exclusivity rebates, and predation. Kirsten is listed among the most highly regarded “Global Elite Thought Leaders” in Competition Economics 2021 and 2022 by Who’s Who Legal. She features in the latest Global Competition Review Women in Antitrust Survey, where she is recognized among the top ten female economists in global antitrust. Kirsten was educated at the University of Nottingham and at Birkbeck College, University of London, where she obtained an M.Sc. in Economics (with distinction). She is also a qualified chartered accountant and a certified professional co-active coach.

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