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Competition Law - London (Firms)

6
Band 6

What the Team is Known For

DLA Piper is particularly active in assisting clients with obtaining foreign direct investment approval and merger clearance notifications, including phase I reviews before the CMA. In addition, the law firm acts on behavioural investigations. Team members offer further experience in subsidy control matters. Clients benefit from the team's ability to work together with colleagues based in the firm's many offices around the globe.

Work Highlights

  • DLA Piper advised General Electric Company on the foreign direct investment and merger control aspects of its global re-organisation and spin-off of several subsidiaries.

Strengths

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DLA Piper effectively leverages its global presence and is able to offer co-ordinated advice in numerous different jurisdictions.

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The team is well equipped to deal with extremely complex matters, has a lot of experience and can effectively advise businesses.

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DLA Piper combines experience, deep subject matter expertise, business acumen and analytical skills in a great manner that ensure both global and complex matters are handled in an excellent manner.

Competition Law respondent
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The team is absolutely client oriented and is always prepared to go above and beyond.

Competition Law respondent
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We were very well supported throughout the process. We had a real sense that we were being looked after by a team of experts and that they genuinely cared about the work they were doing for us.

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Notable Practitioners

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Matt Evans
5
Matt Evans
5
Band 5

Matt Evans is particularly active in CMA merger control and foreign direct investment investigations. He also has experience acting for third-party intervenors on merger reviews.

He's experienced.

He is sensible, pragmatic, effective and collaborative.

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Sam Szlezinger
5
Sam Szlezinger
5
Band 5

Sam Szlezinger advises clients on merger clearance filings. In addition, he represents them in investigations into claims of anti-competitive behaviour and assists with subsidy control mandates. He has a number of clients from the sports sector.

Sam Szlezinger's particular strength is the combination of his extensive competition law knowledge with a deep understanding of the industry sector in question.

We could rely on him and his team during a matter whose outcome was outstanding considering the circumstances.

Sam Szlezinger certainly knows his subsidy control work. He's very hard-working, reliable and clever; he's everything you want in a solicitor.

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Matt Evans
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Matt Evans
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Sam Szlezinger
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