Dentons is well-versed in cartel investigations and antitrust litigation, representing clients across sectors including energy and infrastructure, luxury consumer goods and technology. Practice co-head Bertold Bär-Bouyssière is an experienced competition law litigator, relied upon by clients in the life sciences, aerospace and defence sectors. Fellow co-head James Venit has expertise in handling complex high-value merger control mandates as well as compliance advisory work.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Testimonials
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- ‘A very knowledgeable and dedicated team.’
- ‘Bertold Bär-Bouyssière assisted us recently in two competition law-sensitive matters. He supported the complex contract negotiations effectively and in real time – he really knows his stuff, and he knows our industry. Both are key.’
Key clients
- TotalEnergies
- Merck KGaA
- General Mills
- World Economic Forum
- Stada Arzneimittel AG
- CAE Inc.
- Paul Hartmann Group
Work highlights
Representing pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA against UK National Health Service in UK competition damages claim following from “pay-for-delay” agreement which the European Commission held to be anticompetitive in its first-ever “reverse payment patent settlement agreement” investigation.
Representing Canadian flight-simulator maker CAE. Inc in defense collaboration with French Ecole Nationale d'Aviation Civile regarding ab initio combat pilot training.
Advising World Economic Forum about competition law issues arising out of its “First Movers Coalition”, an industry-wide sustainability effort to achieve the green transition.
Practice head
Bertold Bär-Bouyssière; James Venit