Sally Evans
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.