‘Continuously exceptional’ and a ’go to firm for advising on the most difficult competition law problems’, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton fields a specialised antitrust and competition practice made up of experts in the market, with experience across EU Commission investigations, global merger control, and State aid regulations. Its litigious work includes non-cartel conduct investigations and multi-jurisdictional follow-on damages cases, while State aid matters include the full range of advice to governments, potential beneficiaries, and third-party complainants. Robbert Snelders heads the team, which also includes Francisco Enrique González-Díaz, a go-to for merger control matters, and cartel expert Antoine Winckler. Christopher Cook and François-Charles Laprévote regularly handle transactional matters.
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Christopher Cook
François-Charles Laprévote
Practice head
Robbert Snelders; Jackie Holland
Other key lawyers
Christopher Cook; Antoine Winckler; Patrick Bock; Wolfgang Deselaers; Francisco Enrique González-Díaz; Isabel Rooms; François-Charles Laprévote; Thomas Graf; Conor Opdebeeck-Wilson