Linklaters LLP brings its international platform to bear on complex, multi-jurisdictional merger control mandates, regularly coordinating clearance strategies across the US and Europe. The practice is complemented by parallel strength in foreign investment and cartel matters, giving the team range on transactions where regulatory scrutiny extends beyond merger review alone. Clients across the financial services, healthcare and life sciences, and energy sectors regularly turn to the team, which is headed up from Washington DC by Antonia Sherman, a go-to for Latin American filings. In New York, Tom McGrath is noted for life sciences and chemicals work, while John Eichlin is noted for his expertise in technology, financial services and pharmaceuticals matters.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Always prepared and ready for discussion.'
- ‘John Eichlin is excellent.'
- ‘Tom McGrath and his team did an amazing job on a transaction with very complex antitrust issues, delivering amazing results that we thought were highly unlikely. We closed weeks earlier than we anticipated.’
- 'The Linklaters team is best in class when working with EU antitrust authorities. They did a great job recently helping us get a very difficult transaction approved in multiple jurisdictions far quicker and easier than we anticipated.’
- ‘Linklaters has a strong international network, with offices in multiple jurisdictions. The antitrust team excel with cross-border/multijurisdictional transactions, or transactions with a significant ex-US presence where the parties need to make antitrust or FDI filings in multiple countries.'
Key clients
- América Móvil
- AT&T
- Bharti Airtel
- Biosense Webster
- Booking Holdings
- Deutsche Telekom
- Elia Group SA/NV
- GFANZ (The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero)
- Johnson & Johnson
- Michael Perfetto
- NatWest Group Plc
- Nestlé Nespresso
- Novartis International AG
- Novo Holdings
- Orange
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP)
- Perfetti Van Melle
- Reliance Jio
- Rio Tinto
- Société Générale and SG Americas Securities
Work highlights
Advising Novo Holdings on the merger control, foreign investment and foreign subsidies aspects of its US$16.5bn acquisition of Catalent.
Advised Rio Tinto on the agreed all-cash acquisition of Arcadium Lithium for US$6.7bn.
Advising Volkswagen AG on its US$5bn investment and a proposed 50-50 joint venture with Rivian Automotive, Inc.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Antonia Sherman
Other key lawyers
Tom McGrath; John Eichlin