Norton Rose Fulbright > Brussels, Belgium > Firm Profile
Norton Rose Fulbright Offices
AVENUE LOUISE 489
1050 BRUSSELS
Belgium
Norton Rose Fulbright > The Legal 500 Rankings
Belgium > Competition: EU and global Tier 4
Norton Rose Fulbright strengthened its Brussels presence with the April 2022 hire of Miranda Cole, a widely respected specialist in tech and life sciences work, from Covington & Burling LLP, alongside the July 2022 arrival of Alexandra Rogers, who combines mergers and abuse of dominance expertise, from White & Case LLP. The team works in close collaboration with its European and UK offices on large-scale multijurisdictional merger reviews, abuse of dominance proceedings and sectoral investigations, as well as representing clients in litigation before the Commission and EU courts. Sector focuses for the firm include tech and life sciences, energy, financial services, and retail and consumer goods.Practice head(s):
Miranda Cole
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Quick and accurate advice.’
‘The firm has a strong international reach, useful for global or transnational transactions or investigations.’
‘Alexandra Rogers is a true technical expert in EU competition law and a meticulous, rigorous lawyer who deals with issues as thoroughly as possible.’
Key clients
NZIA
Troy Corporation
Sandvik
Allianz Capital Partners
Bloomberg, Tradeweb, MarketAxess
IMI
Qatar Energy
RWE Renewables
OCP
Wyelands Capital/Liberty House
Eli Lilly
carwow
Germany > Transport > Advice to the transport sector
Norton Rose Fulbright‘s practice focuses on the transport, real estate and infrastructure sectors. The core segments include aviation and rail as well as mobility. Public-private partnerships (PPP) are another focus, where the team assists with structured project financing and advises on construction and planning law. Here, Michael Jürgen Werner is a key contact, he also covers public procurement and EU law and regularly assists with the realignment of public tasks. Markus Radbruch is well versed in aviation matters, while Timo Noftz advises on asset and project financing. The rail transport and PPP segments are among Dirk Trautmann key strengths. Ralf Springer (aviation and rail finance) left the partnership at the end of 2021 but continues to advise in the capacity of senior sonsultant.Practice head(s):
Timo Noftz; Dirk Trautmann; Michael Jürgen Werner; Markus Radbruch
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Norton Rose’s aviation team provides excellent support for all possible aircraft matters.’
‘They have a wide range of experience and the entire team has a hands-on mentality with workable solutions.’
‘Markus Radbruch leads the Aviation team and is a clear expert in his field. In addition to his enormous expertise, he has a perfect understanding of the client’s needs and is able to translate his legal knowledge into practical and economical solutions.’
‘Norton Rose Fulbright is frequently and preferentially approached in our business. What is important and relevant to us is fast and competent advice on business transactions under German law and in international jurisdictions.’
‘Markus Radbruch has a wide range of experience and is always very committed to the interests of the client.’
‘Dirk Trautmann has excellent expertise in the area of infrastructure in connection with banking/finance and has a very good understanding of economic relationships.’
‘Dr. Ralf Springer is a generally recognized expert and can already be described as a luminary in the field of aviation-related projects (especially aircraft financing and aircraft leasing). His calm, relaxed and pragmatic nature has saved many a difficult project.’
Key clients
NTT TC Leasing Co. Ltd.
Imperial International Holding
Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (BMVI)
KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH
European Investment Bank
MEAG
KBC
CSOB
Aircraft Finance Germany
GmbH
Work highlights
- Advised NTT TC Leasing Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, on the financing of five Airbus A320 Neo aircraft.
- Advising and representing Imperial International Holding in antitrust claims for damages against several members of the truck cartel.
- Advice to the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure as part of the second project of the PPP project B 247.
Germany > Antitrust
With industry expertise in retail, automotive and energy, the Norton Rose Fulbright team is particularly visible in the context of transaction-related merger controls, while forensic and preventive antitrust law advice, cartel damages claims and the interfaces to state aid and foreign trade law represent further practice pillars. Embedded in the international network, the German team often cooperates with the London, Paris, New York and Brussels offices. At the latter, Michael Jürgen Werner (sector focus energy, automotive, transport and telecommunications) is one of the key contacts of the group, which is headed by Tim Schaper in Hamburg; Schaper is well versed in antitrust investigations and abuse of market power.Practice head(s):
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Michael Jürgen Werner: A proven expert in antitrust and competition law with excellent knowledge of the international financial services sector.’
‘Michael Jürgen Werner is not only available to us on a regular basis for the legal assessment of complicated matters relevant to competition, but also supports the internal further training of employees with tailor-made training courses.’
‘Michael Jürgen Werner can be contacted at any time and is characterized by his calm and level-headed manner in discussions with difficult contractual partners.’
Key clients
Imperial International Holding
FSN Capital
Modern Times Group (MTG)
CAE, Inc.
C3 Gruppe
Brookfield Asset Management Limited
Tiger Infrastructure Partners LP
Work highlights
- Advising and representing Imperial International Holding in an cartel damages claim against several members of the truck cartel.
- Advice on merger control law to FSN Capital on the acquisition of all shares in the sanitary group Stiller GmbH; registrations in Germany and Austria.
- Advice on merger control law to Modern Times Group (MTG) on the sale of ESL Gaming Group to Savvy Esports Investment Limited. In addition, coordination of merger control law filings in the US and Saudi Arabia and investment control filing in Australia.
Norton Rose Fulbright > Firm Profile
The firm: Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4,000 lawyers and other legal staff based in more than 50 cities across Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.
Areas of practice: Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.
Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.
Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg. For more information, see nortonrosefulbright.com
Offices: We have offices in the world’s most important business, financial and regulatory centres and are active in strategically important growth markets. Our offices are located in Amsterdam, Athens, Austin, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Brussels, Calgary, Canberra, Cape Town, Casablanca, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Durban, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, Jakarta (in association with Norton Rose Fulbright Australia), Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Minneapolis, Monaco, Montréal, Moscow, Munich, New York, Ottawa, Paris, Perth, Piraeus, Port Moresby, Québec, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh (in association with Mohammed Al-Ghamdi Law Firm), San Antonio, San Francisco, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, St Louis, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Warsaw and Washington, DC. In Africa, we have alliances with firms in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Zimbabwe
Number of partners (worldwide): 1,000+
Number of other fee-earners (worldwide): 2,000+
Total staff: 7,500+
Global key contacts
Financial institutions: James Bateson
Energy: Anne Lapierre and John Mauel
Infrastructure, mining and commodities: Nick Merritt
Transport: Harry Theochari
Technology: Nick Abrahams
Life sciences and healthcare: Stacey Martinez and Randy Sutton
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Financial institutions | James Bateson | ||
Energy | Charles Whitney | ||
Infrastructure, mining and commodities | Dirk Trautmann | ||
Transport | Harry Theochari | ||
Technology and innovation | Sean Murphy | ||
Life sciences and healthcare | Huw Evans |
Other
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