Michael Dean > Dentons > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Dentons Offices

Dentons
1 GEORGE SQUARE
GLASGOW
G2 1AL
United Kingdom
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Michael Dean

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+44 141 271 5730 [email protected]

Work Department

European Competition and Regulatory.

Position

Michael is a partner in our Glasgow office.

Michael obtained an Honours Degree from Glasgow University and studied EU law at the College of Europe, Bruges. Early in his career, he worked for four years in London with a major international law firm, before returning to establish a practice in a Scottish commercial law firm.

Michael has experience in competition law, including cartel proceedings, distribution, state aids and merger clearances. In addition, he has extensive knowledge in the fields of public procurement and export controls. He also has considerable expertise in regulatory law, particularly in the power, post and water sectors.

He is an Honorary Consul for the Federal Republic of Germany for Glasgow.

Career

Trained O’Donnell Vaughan & Co; qualified 1986; assistant McKenna & Co, 1986-1988; assistant Lovell White Durrant 1988-1990; McGrigor Donald, 1991-1997; partner Maclay Murray & Spens LLP 1998 to date.

Languages

French.

Memberships

International Association of Defense Counsel; Procurement Law Association; Competition Law Association; Scottish Competition Forum; Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany, Glasgow; New York State Bar International Section.

Education

University of Glasgow (1982 LLB (Hons); 1983 Diploma, Professional Legal Practice); College of Europe, Bruges (1984 Diploma in Advanced European Studies).

Leisure

Running; tennis; hill walking.

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition

The ‘highly knowledgeable and pragmatic’ team at Dentons regularly acts on contentious and non-contentious mandates for clients spread across a wide array of sectors that includes the energy, retail, manufacturing, transport and financial services arenas, as well as advising a host of UK government and public bodies. The firm is routinely involved in merger control and foreign direct investment mandates, dawn raid compliance issues, subsidy control measures, and public procurement instructions, possessing the ability to leverages the firm’s cross-border network. Michael Dean heads up the practice and is a key figure in the team for contentious work, often handling claims of anti-competitive conduct in the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Promoted to partner in May 2023, Melanie Martin is a ‘stand-out’ practitioner ‘with in-depth knowledge and expertise’, especially regarding EU legislation, while Carolyn Burns, who was promoted to partner in May 2024, assists energy and infrastructure clients in both the public and private sector with compliance and regulatory concerns. Viktoria Tsvetanova has been a strong supporting presence on a number of matters, and Catriona Munro has transitioned to a consultant role within the firm.

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