Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP‘s antitrust and competition practice is particularly proficient in assisting clients in cartel cases, abuse of dominance investigations and State aid matters. Practice head Miguel Rato operates at the intersection of IP and competition law, and is turned to by a host of telecoms clients. Marixenia Davilla offers expertise in antitrust, merger control, and state aid matters. Trevor Soames left the firm in January 2025.
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Key clients

  • Qualcomm Inc.
  • Salesforce
  • Slack Inc.
  • Air Canada
  • WebGroup Czech Republic a.s.
  • CooperVision
  • Crowdstrike
  • Corning

Work highlights

Represented Qualcomm in its appeal of the Commission decision in finding that it abused its dominance by selling certain UMTS chipsets below “cost” to two strategically important customers, with the intention of eliminating Icera.
Representing Qualcomm in an “opt out” collective class action before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal brought by the UK Consumer Association Which?.
Representing Qualcomm in its proposed acquisition of all the shares in Autotalks. The deal was reviewed by the FTC, UK CMA and European Commission.

Lawyers

Leading partners

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Miguel Rato
Miguel Rato
Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Marixenia Davilla
Marixenia Davilla
Practice head

Miguel Rato

Other key lawyers

Marixenia Davilla