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Christian Riis-Madsen

Global 2026

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Competition: EU

Belgium

7 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Christian Riis-Madsen is Co-head of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Antitrust Practice Group and the Partner-in-Charge of the Brussels office. Christian has a broad competition law practice, having successfully advised clients in high profile merger, cartel and behavioral matters before the European Commission and European Union courts. While Christian has experience with many different sectors a significant focus of his practice is the technology sector.

Career

Christian practiced with O’Melveny & Myers in Brussels from 2004 to 2019 and most recently served as head of the Brussels office. Prior, he practiced with Norton Rose in Brussels and Kromann Reumert in Copenhagen.

Professional Memberships

Denmark – Danish Law Society

Belgium – Brussels Bar

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Competition: EU - Belgium

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Christian Riis-Madsen handles seminal abuse of dominance and cartel cases. He has demonstrable experience defending companies in parallel investigations before competition authorities. He has additional experience in merger control matters, including acting for third parties on disputes around clearance decisions.

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Christian Riis-Madsen drives the projects in the interest of his clients, is very strategic, and is also very good at maintaining both the big picture and the details of the case.
Competition: EUChambers Global Guide
Christian Riis-Madsen offers very helpful and structured advice that is both pragmatic and actionable.
Competition: EUChambers Global Guide
Christian Riis-Madsen is fantastic. He has a really good rapport with the EC and is well respected by clients.
Competition: EUChambers Global Guide
Christian Riis-Madsen is pragmatic, business-focused, and very experienced. He is a solid adviser, particularly in difficult matters of competition law.
Competition: EUChambers Global Guide

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