Frederic Depoortere
Europe Guide 2024
Band 1 : Competition: EU
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Frederic Depoortere is co-head of Skadden’s European Antitrust/Competition practice. He has more than 25 years of experience in merger control both in the EU and internationally.
During his career, Mr. Depoortere has been involved in some of the most high-profile and complex merger control cases. He also deals with general EU competition law and compliance issues relating to cartels, vertical restraints and dominance.
Chambers Review
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Frederic Depoortere leads a significant amount of Skadden's most high-profile merger control work, earning him a spot at the top of the rankings this year. He is experienced in complex multi-jurisdictional mandates and has represented clients in phase II reviews.
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"Aside from being a good advocate, he is a strategic thinker and he understands the business priorities behind the transactions we are doing, which helps deliver top-quality advice."
"Frederic Depoortere plays things well with the agencies and gets the message through. He is the best merger control lawyer you can think of."
"Frederic Depoortere is fantastic and extremely knowledgeable. He would provide high-level guidance at times or was another sounding board."
"He is a super nice person, competent and a very good negotiator. He is somebody who can clearly handle the client and is a dealmaker."
"Frederic Depoortere is good at keeping everybody calm and is the kind of lawyer who knows when to become more assertive if there is a fight with authorities. He is a big-picture kind of guy."
"Aside from being a good advocate, he is a strategic thinker and he understands the business priorities behind the transactions we are doing, which helps deliver top-quality advice."
"Frederic Depoortere plays things well with the agencies and gets the message through. He is the best merger control lawyer you can think of."
"Frederic Depoortere is fantastic and extremely knowledgeable. He would provide high-level guidance at times or was another sounding board."
"He is a super nice person, competent and a very good negotiator. He is somebody who can clearly handle the client and is a dealmaker."
"Frederic Depoortere is good at keeping everybody calm and is the kind of lawyer who knows when to become more assertive if there is a fight with authorities. He is a big-picture kind of guy."
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