Chambers Review
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Competition Law - London (Firms)
What the Team is Known For
Euclid Law has a broad competition law practice covering merger clearance filings, foreign direct investment notifications, the compliance of distribution agreements and behavioural investigations by the CMA and other regulatory authorities. The team often collaborates with the law firm's office in Brussels on multinational matters. The law firm also has experience with National Security and Investment Act mandates.
Strengths
I find the team very agile and responsive as well as extremely commercial with strong expertise in EU and UK competition law regulations.
Euclid Law is punching well above its weight in terms of sophistication, pricing and service.
The Euclid team offers practical advice that neatly boils down the competition law challenges into actionable counselling that aligns, where possible, with business goals.
Euclid Law delivers high quality advice tailored to the unique circumstances of your case, has incredibly bright lawyers and is consistently excellent on strategy.
This is a great firm; a go-to for tricky commercial questions.
Work Highlights
Euclid Law acted for Air France-KLM on UK merger control filings in relation to its acquisition of a stake in SAS Scandinavian Airlines.
Notable practitioners
Oliver Bretz of Euclid Law represents clients in CMA cartel investigations as well as advising on the UK merger clearance aspects of multi-jurisdictional transactions. His practice also extends to CMA market reviews, DMA advice and competition compliance mandates.
He's the guy to go to for the really sticky stuff and he's very flexible with clients.
He is a dream lawyer - he is highly skilled and very kind.
Oliver Bretz is extremely client focused. He goes the extra mile, and provides creative advice and solutions while also being commercial and strategic.
Oliver Bretz is adept at translating competition law risks into digestible action items for the business.
Oliver Bretz is an excellent lawyer. He is very commercial and user-friendly. I would definitely work with him again.