Clifford Chance
Sabra Ferhat specialises in competition law, having significant experience in our London team and relocated to the Middle East as the Firm's first dedicated regional antitrust expert based in the UAE.
She has extensive experience advising businesses on international merger control, foreign direct investment, antitrust investigations and competition law compliance across a wide range of sectors including tech, telecoms, energy, consumer goods, insurance and banking.
Before joining Clifford Chance in 2018 as a member of the Firm's London antitrust practice, Sabra worked as in-house competition counsel at British broadcaster Sky and prior to that in private practice in Brussels. She is a dual qualified lawyer (EU and UK).
- Advising Virgin Money UK plc on its £2.9 billion acquisition by Nationwide Building Society
- Advising Coca Cola on its acquisition of Costa Coffee
- KIRKBI and the Consortium consisting of KIRKBI, Blackstone and CPPIB on £4.77 billion take private of Merlin Entertainments plc
- Tele2 on the merger of its Dutch operation Tele2 Netherlands with T-Mobile Netherlands, the Dutch subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom
- Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group on its merger with Marsh & McLennan Companies
- Tyson Foods on its acquisition of Thai and European Operations from BRF S.A.
- A consortium of Japanese companies, Marubeni Corporation and Mizuho Leasing Company, Limited, in their acquisition of the shares of aviation finance company Aircastle Limited
- The Official Receiver and Special Managers of British Steel on the sale of the business and assets to Jingye Steel and Iron
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Contact details
- Clifford Chance, London
- +971507219702
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- Speaks English, French and German
- Practice area Antitrust, EU & trade, M&A corporate
- Sector Consumer goods & retail, Insurance, Aviation, Telecommunications, media & technology
Career and qualifications
- University of Strasbourg (Master in European Law) 2010
- Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (LLM) 2011
- Admitted as a solicitor in France 2013
- Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2016
- Joined Clifford Chance 2018
- Relocation to Dubai in 2024