Former Slaughter and May partner Sarah Cardell has been appointed as general counsel of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), as the new body formed by the merger of the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) sets out its leadership team.

Cardell (pictured) joins from Ofgem, where she is currently legal partner of the markets division. She joined the energy regulator in 2011 after three years as a partner at Slaughters.