Natalie Rouse

Natalie Rouse is special counsel in the London office. She is a seasoned antitrust lawyer who advises on all aspects of antitrust law, digital regulation and related litigation. Prior to joining Covington, Natalie was a Legal Director at both the UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). She has significant experience in the life sciences and technology sectors.

Natalie spent over a decade at the CMA, where she was responsible for the legal oversight of numerous high-profile antitrust enforcement cases in the pharmaceutical and tech sectors, covering pay for delay agreements, excessive pricing, market sharing, information exchange and multi-party concerted practices. Natalie also has significant experience in both competition litigation, having successfully defended the CMA’s pharmaceutical portfolio in court, and in complex merger reviews. During her time at the CMA, Natalie worked closely with antitrust authorities in Europe and led certain UK interventions into antitrust cases before the European courts. As Legal Director at the ICO, Natalie led a large team of dedicated enforcement lawyers working on novel and complex enforcement action, covering many different areas of privacy law.

Prior to the CMA, Natalie worked at a magic circle law firm advising clients on all aspects of EU and UK merger control and conduct issues.