Roma McCool

Roma McCool is an associate in the European Competition and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group in the Brussels office. She is a solicitor qualified in England and Wales, having initially trained in London, and joined the Brussels team in July 2023.

Prior to beginning her training contract in London, Roma worked in the Baker McKenzie Belfast Center from 2017 as a member of the Corporate Support team, working on large, multijurisdictional corporate matters.

Roma advises on a range of EU and UK competition and antitrust matters. This includes antitrust compliance advice on vertical restrictions, horizontal competitor collaboration and abuse of dominance issues. Roma has experience in cartel and abuse of dominance investigations in both the EU and UK, and has assisted clients with responding to RFIs for market investigations.

In addition, Roma has experience in advising on EU and global merger control analysis, and subsequent filings, and is involved in the state aid practice in Brussels, advising on compliance of public support with EU state aid law and procedure.