Recent Experience
AbbVie
On the EU merger control aspects of its US$63 billion acquisition of Allergan
Bharti Group
On its acquisition of the satellite company OneWeb jointly with the UK Government, including obtaining merger and FDI clearances, and subsequent investments by SoftBank, Eutelsat and Hanwha, and advising OneWeb and Bharti Group on OneWeb's combination with Eutelsat including on several merger and FDI processes
Capital & Counties
On competition aspects of its £3.5 billion all share merger with Shaftesbury Plc including securing unconditional Phase I merger clearance from the UK Competition and Markets Authority
Citigroup
In successfully defending a landmark criminal cartel prosecution brought by the CDPP and ACCC which was ultimately abandoned in one of only a handful of criminal cartel prosecutions brought in Australia
Comcast and subsidiary Sky
In connection with the EU and international merger control aspects of a new joint venture with ViacomCBS to create a new online TV streaming platform (SkyShowtime)
Forex cartel
Advising a leading financial institution in connection with the high-profile investigation by the European Commission into suspected manipulation of foreign exchange (forex) rates
Awards and recognition
A "Litigation Powerhouse"
Law360
Benchmark Litigation: Law Firm of the Year for New York
2022
Global Elite - ranked amongst the Top 25 Competition practices globally
Global Competition Review 2025
"We have worked with the competition team on several projects, and have found them to be outstanding. They have tremendous legal and commercial expertise, are very practical and are enormously responsive and client focused. We are hugely impressed."
LEGAL 500 UK 2025
"The team handled our complex competition litigation very effectively, managing multiple workstreams whilst also ensuring that they delivered strategic insights."
Chambers Global: Competition/Antitrust 2024
Key contacts
Kyriakos Fountoukakos
Managing Partner, Competition/Antitrust, Regulation and Trade, Brussels
Veronica Roberts
Partner, Head of Competition/Antitrust, Regulation and Trade, UK, London
John W. Elias
Partner, Head of Antitrust and Competition, Washington, DC, Washington, DC
Linda Evans
Partner, Head of Competition/Antitrust, Regulation and Trade, Australia, Sydney
Jean Meijer
Managing Partner, Johannesburg Office, Johannesburg and Africa Group
Adelaide Luke
Partner, Head of Competition, Asia, Hong Kong
Liza Carver
Partner, Sydney
Dr Marcel Nuys
Partner, Germany and Brussels