Priya Raghunathan

Profile

Priya Raghunathan is a partner in the London office of Corvane Ryle LLP and a member of the firm's Antitrust & Competition Practice. She advises on UK and EU merger control, market investigations, and conduct matters before the Competition and Markets Authority and the European Commission.

Priya's clients include technology, consumer and healthcare businesses facing complex multi-jurisdictional reviews. She is known for pairing rigorous economic analysis with practical judgment about timing and remedies, and she regularly advises on the CMA's expanded consumer enforcement powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.

She is a frequent speaker on digital markets regulation and co-leads the firm's UK regulatory working group.

Experience

Priya's representative matters include the following, many of which are confidential and described in general terms.

• Advised Halvern Retail Group on UK and EU merger control aspects of its acquisition of Brightmoor Foods.
• Represented a global technology company in a CMA Phase 2 merger inquiry, securing clearance with a behavioral remedy package.
• Advised Kestrel Systems on competition law aspects of exclusive supply and preferred partner arrangements with cloud customers.
• Counseled a multinational consumer goods group in a European Commission investigation into alleged restrictions on cross-border online sales.
• Advised Northwall Capital on multi-jurisdictional merger filings for a series of add-on acquisitions in the healthcare services sector.
• Represented a payments business in a market study concerning interchange and merchant acceptance practices.
• Advised a UK grocery retailer on supplier compliance and the competition law treatment of promotional funding arrangements.
• Counseled Arvelo Health on competition and data-sharing issues in a joint venture with a hospital network.
• Advised a global marketplace operator on the interaction between CMA consumer enforcement powers and its pricing and review practices.
• Represented Solenne Energy in merger control filings for the acquisition of a European solar portfolio.
• Advised a software company on conduct risk assessments ahead of the CMA's digital markets regime for firms with strategic market status.
• Counseled Tidewater Logistics on the competition aspects of a logistics alliance and information-sharing protocol.
• Led an internal investigation and leniency analysis for a European industrial manufacturer facing cartel allegations.
• Advised a trade association on the competition law implications of sustainability collaboration agreements.

Qualifications

Bar admissions

• Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
• Law Society of England and Wales (admitted 2008)

Education

• Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School
• LLB, University of Cambridge
• MSc, Economics for Competition Law, King's College London