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Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Dechert is especially strong on the coordination of global merger and FDI filings. The team is also experienced in EC cartel investigations and in EGC appeals against adverse decisions. It additionally advises on the filing of complaints with the EC seeking the investigation of anti-competitive practices and assists with third-party interventions in merger investigations. Dechert has also actively contributed to the push to enable competitors to engage in sustainability initiatives without fear of reprisal from competition regulators.

Work Highlights

  • Dechert advised GIC on a consortium's USD14 billion acquisition of Emerson's climate tech business from Emerson Electric.

Strengths

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Dechert works with us to come up with creative solutions to regulatory issues.

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The team creates an excellent and personal working relationship.

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The team has the capacity to handle a wide range of complicated antitrust and FDI issues.

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Dechert achieves the best possible result for its client within a short timeframe.

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Dechert has a deep experience and extensive knowledge of competition law.

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Notable Practitioners

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Alec Burnside
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Alec Burnside
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Senior Statespeople
Alec Burnside is admitted to practice in Brussels and in the UK, with experience dealing both with the EC and with the CMA. His comprehensive practice spans merger control matters and antitrust investigations, as well as advisory work relating to sustainability practices in competition law.

Alec is critical for what we do. He understands how to bring legal support to the business needs we require.

He's very smart, efficient and provides sensible advice.

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Clemens York von Wartenburg
6
Clemens York von Wartenburg
6
Band 6

Clemens York von Wartenburg enters the rankings this year following glowing market support. Dual qualified in Germany and Brussels, he has a well-established practice spanning across behavioural and transactional mandates, including investigations before the European Commission and German Federal Cartel Office. He additionally regularly oversees FDI screening processes.

He is knowledgeable, pragmatic and conveys complex ideas in a very clear form.

Clemens understands the challenges in the various jurisdictions and is great at putting together an overall strategy.

Clemens has been a trusted advisor on many of our most complicated antitrust matters and we have really enjoyed working with him.

He is certainly a go-to lawyer for complex merger control, cartel and FDI matters.

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Alec Burnside
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Alec Burnside
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Clemens York von Wartenburg
6
Clemens York von Wartenburg
6
Band 6
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