Nicola Holmes

Principal Associate

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What can I do for you

Nicola is a specialist competition lawyer with over 20 years’ experience. Nicola advises on all aspects of competition law, including merger control, investigations by competition authorities, and advising clients on their commercial strategies and trading practices to ensure they are compliant. She also helps clients devise and deliver effective competition law compliance training.

What do others say

Nicola is noted for “exceptional commercial acumen to complement her in-depth legal skill set” and for “providing an excellent service where her understanding of our business and the wider commercial market is invaluable”.  She is also described as being “well versed in pricing practices” in the Legal 500.

Supporting your ambitions

Competition law can be complex and the consequences of getting it wrong are severe. It can be challenging to apply the law alongside legitimate commercial objectives, particularly in rapidly changing markets. Nicola works collaboratively with clients to understand their key drivers and concerns.  She applies her technical expertise and deep sector knowledge to deliver advice that is practical, clear and straightforward. Whether it is steering a major transaction to clearance, or day to day dealings with distribution networks, Nicola believes in forming long-term working relationships with clients based on trust and shared understanding. 

What else should you know?

Nicola spent a year on secondment to a busy in house legal team and gained a real understanding of the pressures facing General Counsel on a daily basis, which she uses to support clients in juggling competing demands!

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What our clients say about us

“I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.”

“They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.”

“All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.”

“I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.”