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Freshfields

Competition/Antitrust

Global Guide 2026 : Global: Multi-Jurisdictional


Freshfields

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Please visit the Freshfields website for more details about our work in this category:

http://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/what-we-do/services/antitrust-and-competition/

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Competition/Antitrust - Global: Multi-Jurisdictional

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

Freshfields has an outstanding competition practice which benefits from regular exposure to far-reaching merger control mandates that often attract in-depth investigation by the EC and trigger notifications in multiple jurisdictions worldwide. The law firm offers:

• Capacity to handle important US competition litigation.

• Coordination of local China filings within the context of global mergers.

• Representation of defendants in follow-on damages claims that are run simultaneously in multiple national courts.

Notable practitioners

Alastair Chapman is based in London and chairs the firm's global antitrust, competition and trade practice.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Freshfields possesses a tightly integrated, truly global practice.

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  • Freshfields has an excellent ability to appropriate the technicality of the client's sector of activity in order to provide a pragmatic and reassuring solution.

    Competition/Antitrust respondentGlobal
  • Freshfields is super commercial. The team really gets to know its clients and spend a lot of time developing relationships.

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