The global antitrust team at Clifford Chance offers ‘a remarkably high standard of services’, advising on high complexity mergers and strategic behavioural cases in a range of sectors, including technology, life sciences, and consumer goods. Richard Blewett heads up the team, with longstanding experience internationally. Clients in the information technology sector often instruct Dieter Paemen, while work in the energy sector is a key area of strength for Milena Robotham. Anastasios Tomtsis provides both advice and representation before the European Commission and the CJEU for major corporations in State aid and foreign subsidies matters, and contentious antitrust matters are the focus for ’excellent adviser and advocate’ Ashwin Van Rooijen.
Testimonials
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‘The team is both very technical and above all very responsive and available. It is very involved in the various working groups at the European Commission, which allows it to be aware of currents and trends in real time.'
‘We enjoyed working with the team, which is very available and also very flexible and attentive to the client's constraints. An agile team.'
Key clients
- Amazon
- Cisco
Work highlights
- Advised Amazon on several matters, including on antitrust investigation and litigation.
- Advised Cisco on all non-Americas antitrust approvals, including obtaining unconditional clearance from the European Commission, for its USD28bn acquisition of Splunk.