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

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Kyriakos Fountoukakos

Managing Partner, Competition/Antitrust, Regulation and Trade, Brussels

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Veronica Roberts

Partner, Head of Competition/Antitrust, Regulation and Trade, UK, London

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John W. Elias

Partner, Head of Antitrust and Competition, Washington, DC, Washington, DC

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Linda Evans

Partner, Head of Competition/Antitrust, Regulation and Trade, Australia, Sydney

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Jean Meijer

Managing Partner, Johannesburg Office, Johannesburg and Africa Group

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Adelaide Luke

Partner, Head of Competition, Asia, Hong Kong

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Dr Marcel Nuys

Partner, Germany and Brussels