Baker McKenzie BV/SRL‘s competition team is a key port of call on complex multi-jurisdictional merger control matters, competition litigation and antitrust compliance. The team is particularly proficient in cartel investigation mandates, with a notable track-record in the fashion, chemicals and consumer goods sectors. Practice head Fiona Carlin specialises in merger control and State aid matters. Kurt Haegeman stands out in antitrust investigation defence, and Bram Hoorelbeke is regularly instructed for his EU State aid expertise. The three co-head the practice.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Outstanding ability to apply legal rules to in concrete business situations.’
- ‘Highly knowledgeable and attentive to actual needs.’
Key clients
- Abbott Laboratories AbbVie/Allergan ACG Inc adidas (U.K.) Limited Allegion Allianz Alpha Theta Corporation Arbonia ArcelorMittal Archer Daniels Midland Arconic AT&T Baloise Belgium Baxter Bayer BBA Aviation Biogen Brands for Europe Brookfield Capital Partners BRP Camso Carlsberg Casio Computer Ltd Chr. Hansen Cisco Systems Inc Cobelfret Danone De Heus Dun & Bradstreet EFPIA Embracer Emerson Ergon Capital/Keesing Essity FedEx Equinix, Inc. FSN Capital Gazprom Export LLC General Electric Company General Motors GlaxoSmithKline Global Blue Google HBO Hitachi Ltd HP Husqvarna Hutchison Ports IMAA Intel Kia KYB Larsen & Toubro Levi Strauss Lindt Lonza Group L’Oréal LYC Chemical Maersk McCain McDonald’s Mercedes Benz Merck Methanex Mitsubishi MOL Mondelez MTU Maintenance Nielsen Holdings plc Nike Nordic Capital Novo Nordisk Novozymes Nyrstar OEP Olink Peak Achievement Athletics Philips Pioneer DJ Pioneer Europe Plantronics/Polycom Puig Recticel Regency Entertainment and Hellenic Casino Parnitha Rio Tinto Rubrik Samsonite Sappi Seiko Shell International Sika AG Spadel Sulzer Sumitomo Chemical TA Associates Takeda Trafigura TSMC TVA UBS Unilever Vandemoortele VF Corp Warner Bros. Discovery Westinghouse Electric Company LLC Willis Towers Watson Worthington Industries Zen Noh Grain Corporation Zespri
Work highlights
Advised Novozymes on its €1.5bn acquisition and carve out of the Animal Feed Enzymes business from dsm-Firmenich.
Advising Methanex on the antitrust aspects of its $2.05bn acquisition of OCI Global’s methanol business.
Advising Vandemoortele on merger control, Foreign Subsidies Regulation, and Foreign Direct Investment aspects in relation to its proposed acquisition of Délifrance for a consideration of €700m.
Practice head
Fiona Carlin
Other key lawyers
Kurt Haegeman; Bram Hoorelbeke