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Adrian Magnus
Work Department
Competition Law
Position
Adrian is Head of Dentons’ Competition practice in the UK. He has over 30 years’ experience of advising on a wide range of UK and EU competition law issues, including UK and EU merger control, cartel investigations, market investigations, abuse of dominance, commercial agreements and conduct, competition-related litigation and disputes, compliance training and counselling, state aid and public procurement.
Adrian’s experience includes six months’ secondment to the Financial Conduct Authority, working with the Competition Division and other senior officials.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
Combining considerable breadth and depth of competition law expertise, Dentons is notorious in the Scottish market for its ability to handle complex issues concerning competition litigation, regulatory and subsidy control advice to the UK government and public bodies, as well as merger control guidance at both the UK and EU level. The team is led from Glasgow by Michael Dean, who is vastly experienced in all aspects of competition law including dawn raids, cartel investigations, merger clearances, and distribution and vertical issues, with Adrian Magnus supporting the team from London. Catriona Munro is a contentious competition specialist, while Carolyn Burns has a strong reputation for regulatory and subsidy control advice, particularly in the energy sector. Melanie Martin primarily handles non-contentious matters and regularly advises the UK government.
London > Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
Operating across a myriad of sectors and industries including financial services, real estate, transport and energy, the ‘very knowledgeable’ team at Dentons is engaged by a diverse roster of corporate clients on both contentious and non-contentious competition law matters. Under the leadership of Adrian Magnus, the competition group has tripled in headcount since 2015. With over has over 35 years’ experience, Magnus advises clients on merger control and behavioural matters, with a particular focus on the competition aspects of commercial contracts. Christopher Graf is noted for his diverse practice focus and is regularly instructed on big-ticket merger control matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Real estate > Environment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport