Sneha Ramakrishnan

United Kingdom, London

Director, Mergers at The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

Profession: Lawyer, Director

Industry: Competition, Financial Services

About:

Sneha currently leads UK merger control investigations as a Director of Mergers at the CMA. She has broad prior experience across public enforcement, in-house advisory and private practice. Formerly competition counsel at a global investment bank and a lawyer at Freshfields in London and New York. Experienced in merger control, antitrust investigations and litigation, designing and implementing risk-balanced compliance programmes and general antitrust and ESG advisory.

languages

English, Hindi, Tamil

Expertise:

Competition LawAntitrustAbuse of DominanceCartelsCommercial agreementsCompetition PolicyCompliance ProgrammesInvestigationsMerger Control

Experience:

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

Director, Mergers at The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

January 2025 - Present • London, United Kingdom

Currently lead phase 1 and phase 2 UK merger control investigations, as well as overseeing the Mergers' function's digital transformation and being on the W@Competition UK SteerCo.

Barclays

Vice President at Barclays

6 years 2 mth • October 2018 - December 2024 • London, United Kingdom

Global antitrust legal advisor to Barclays' investment bank and corporate functions, advising on all aspects of competition law. Also seconded to Barclays' Public Policy and Sustainability Legal team.

Education:

University of Cambridge

2007 - 2011

Undergraduate Law and LLM

Laura Ryzgelyte

Lithuania, Vilnius

Head of Legal at Revolut Bank UAB

Anneleen Straetemans

Belgium, Brussels

Global VP, Legal & Corporate Affairs at ZX Ventures

Fiona Carlin

Belgium, Brussels

Head of EU & Competition Practice at Baker McKenzie

Dr. Ethel Fonseca

United Kingdom, London

Partner at RBB Economics