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Competition/Antitrust - Global: Multi-Jurisdictional
What the Team is Known For
Cleary boasts top-tier practices in the USA and Brussels that consistently win roles on important global competition mandates. Attracts attention for work on high-profile EU merger investigations that contribute to the debate surrounding EU competition law and its potential to harm European business interests on a global stage. The law firm offers:
• Advice on merger filings in support of high-value strategic M&A transactions in the media, eyewear and digital security sectors.
• Defence of leading US IT companies in abuse of dominance investigations carried out at both an EC and EU member state level.
• Expertise in the defence of cartel investigations carried out by multiple competition enforcement agencies worldwide.
Strengths
Their ability to analyse intricate matters, formulate efficient defence tactics and guide clients through the complexities of competition law sets the team apart.
Their subject matter expertise sticks out, the lawyers are truly up to speed with current jurisprudence. This is really a highlight.
Cleary provides a great global perspective.
Notable practitioners
George Cary and David Gelfand are key contacts in Washington, DC, Thomas Graf is a highly regarded figure in the firm's Brussels practice, and Romina Polley handles EU and German competition matters from the Cologne office.