Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP‘s ’committed, efficient, top-quality’ competition, regulation, and trade team handles the gamut of competition law matters, with sector expertise across TMT, energy, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods. Kyriakos Fountoukakos, team head, advises on multi-jurisdictional transactions and investigations, with particular experience advising Japanese clients. State aid matters are regularly handled by specialist Lode Van Den Hende, and Peter Rowland is noted for his work in relation to merger control. Daniel Vowden departed the team in November 2023 to Mayer Brown International LLP, London.
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Practice head
Kyriakos Fountoukakos
Other key lawyers
Lode Van Den Hende; Eric White; Peter Rowland; Camille Puech-Baron; Morris Schonberg