Europe Guide 2026 : UK
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison enters the rankings this year on the back of advising clients on strategically important phase I and II CMA merger investigations as well as foreign direct investment issues. The team further includes experts on behavioural matters and risk management strategies. Its global presence additionally enhances the firm's cross-border capabilities.
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison advised KPS Capital Partners in phase I investigation on the sale of its portfolio company, Eviosys, as well as advising on other investigations in the EU and Türkiye.
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The team is very strategic, has business acumen and is solutions driven.
Paul Weiss provides very commercial advice and is always at the end of the phone to chat through real world situations. The team will go above and beyond for clients.
Paul Weiss is highly commercial and focused on ensuring clients can navigate competition hurdles efficiently, with a clear sense of where risks lie and how they can be minimised.
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Nicole Kar has a market-leading practice representing clients in market studies and advising them on CMA merger control investigations. She also acts for clients on behavioural investigations and represents them in appeals against CMA decisions. She is the global co-chair of Paul, Weiss' antitrust group and is a popular choice with clients from the technology and telecommunications sectors.
She's the star of the competition sector. She doesn't miss a trick on anything, ever. She is incredibly sharp, thoughtful and she sees the political and enforcement landscapes clearly.
Nicole Kar has a wealth of experience in UK cases. She is particularly good with clients, balancing their requirements and constraints with what is needed to get a good outcome.
Nicole Kar is extremely knowledgeable and is certainly one of the very top UK competition lawyers.
Nicole Kar has an acute sense of the impact of external factors on UK merger control and is a master at handling anxious clients in the most challenging of situations.
She is very very bright, courageous and strategically very smart. She is willing to take risks that always seem to pay off.
Competition Law
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