General Counsel
Sarah Cardell
Biography
Sarah Cardell was appointed as General Counsel at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on 11 September 2013. As a member of the senior executive team and an important adviser to the board, Sarah leads in the provision of legal advice across the CMA’s functions.
Previous career highlights include:
- Legal Partner of the Markets Division at Ofgem, where her responsibilities included leading on competition law matters
- Partner in the Competition Group at Slaughter and May, where she advised across a wide range of EU and UK merger and antitrust cases
- working on secondment at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
General Counsel
The General Counsel at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is responsible for:
- providing strong, visible leadership across the organisation
- ensuring that the CMA’s legal work is of high quality consistently
- providing guidance on the most important cases and acting as a strong advocate for competition, building relationships across the legal sector in the UK and internationally