Daniela leads the competition team at Santander UK, responsible for strategic oversight and management of all competition-related matters across the bank, and chairs the global Santander antitrust working group.  She has also held a number of legal and compliance leadership roles across the bank. Prior to joining Santander, Daniela was an associate at Slaughter and May (London and Brussels) and Shearman & Sterling (London).  Daniela has extensive experience advising on and leading projects across all pillars of UK and EU competition law, including merger and market inquiries, antitrust, enforcement, compliance, litigation, policy and regulation.

Russell supports strategic progress of all Business Units and functions across Lloyds Banking Group, advising on all aspects of competition law and policy relating to commercial strategy, development of innovative customer solutions and transactions.  This includes providing insightful strategic and practical advice on contract negotiations, merger control, market reviews, investigations, litigation / arbitration, compliance and legislative / regulatory developments.  Notable achievements include advising on the creation and initial public offering of the UK’s eighth biggest high street bank (TSB), the acquisition and integration of Zurich Corporate Savings, Embark Group and Cavendish Online, and a range of significant industry-wide initiatives.  Russell joined the Group in 2013, bringing with him 7 years’ experience from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (London and Tokyo offices).  During his time in private practice Russell was a contributing author to Butterworths Competition Law Service.  Russell also has external Board experience through serving in a non-executive capacity for 12 months in a leading mental health NHS Foundation Trust.

Helen has 15 years of professional experience in applying economic principles to issues of strategic importance for businesses, predominantly in the context of litigation and competition investigations. Much of her work has focused on high-profile cases such as the European Commission’s investigations into foreign exchange trading and government bond trading, as well as national competition and regulatory authority investigations into parity clauses and allegations of excessive pricing.