Competition: EU

Moving up in the rankings is Laurent Godfroid who advises transport and oil and gas companies on the notification of mergers and has experience in complex cases that require the negotiation of significant remedy packages. He has also got notable expertise acting for interveners and complainants in EC investigations in the IT industry.

"Laurent Godfroid is dedicated, committed and simply brilliant."

"Laurent Godfroid is a business-oriented person who gives legal advice in a solid, practical and understandable way with many years of expertise."

"Laurent Godfroid is one of the best lawyers I have had the chance to work with."

Benoît Le Bret has experience in EU and national merger filings and also assists with the filing of complaints to the EC in response to anti-competitive conduct by competitors. He is particularly active for transportation and telecommunications clients.

"Benoît Le Bret is excellent. He is super commercial and strategic, sees the bigger picture and is a guy you want alongside you when you are on the battlefield."

"He provides very interesting solutions."

"He is uniquely combining very strong legal knowledge with very strong connections to the decision-making machinery. He understands what is doable or not, how hard to go in and how to move strategically."

"He also speaks a language that our teams understand. He translated the European gobbledegook into something we can implement into our work."

"Benoît Le Bret has very good knowledge of European affairs and EU legislation."