Chambers Review
Jones Day is highly regarded for its work notifying M&A transactions to the EU. The Brussels team regularly works with colleagues across the USA and other jurisdictions to handle merger mandates for companies in the transportation and manufacturing industries as well as the energy and life sciences sectors. Brussels-based individuals qualified in different EU member states often also assist with merger control or behavioural investigations carried out by national competition regulators in Italy, France or Germany. The law firm attracts particular attention for its long-standing telecoms sector expertise, having advised on various mandates including EU investigations into the functioning of network sharing agreements.
Work Highlights
- Jones Day advised Eastman Chemical Company on the EU and global merger control aspects of the USD800 million sale of its rubber additives business, as well as the USD1 billion sale of its adhesives resin business.
Strengths
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"The lawyers have excellent quality and great sensitivity in grasping the client's requests and fulfilling them promptly."
"The lawyers worked well under pressure and provided high-quality work products; they showed very good advocacy and argumentation skills and good understanding of our business, and they are highly capable of summarising complex technical issues."
"The lawyers have excellent quality and great sensitivity in grasping the client's requests and fulfilling them promptly."
"The lawyers worked well under pressure and provided high-quality work products; they showed very good advocacy and argumentation skills and good understanding of our business, and they are highly capable of summarising complex technical issues."
Notable Practitioners
Bernard Amory is a highly experienced competition lawyer in Brussels with notable expertise in high-value merger clearance mandates, as well as acting for third-party interveners in high-profile merger notifications. He is also active in behavioural matters, representing clients in abuse of dominance and cartel investigations, as well as in follow-on damages litigation.
"With Bernard Amory I feel like I get to the core of the issue and receive a clear structured answer where I know where I am going."
Alexandre Verheyden is involved in multi-jurisdictional merger clearance mandates. His expertise also includes advising on global compliance programmes. He is particularly known for acting on behalf of clients in the TMT sector.
"He can think outside of the box, is solution-oriented and is really dedicated to his client."
Philipp Werner assists clients with obtaining clearance for cross-border mergers and acts on follow-on damages claims. He is also German-qualified and has proven experience in the defence of investigations carried out by the German Bundeskartellamt, as well as representing clients in follow-on damages litigation.
"He is calm, reasonable and approachable."
Mario Todino has notable experience in EU merger control mandates involving energy sector clients. He is also admitted to practice in Italy and has a strong reputation for advising on behavioural investigations and merger control proceedings undertaken by the Italian competition authority.
"He is highly appreciated for his expertise, the quality of his work, his efficiency and his timeliness."
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