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Competition: EU
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Provided by Laurent Garzaniti

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Laurent is a partner in our antitrust group. A Belgian qualified lawyer and a member of the New York Bar, he is highly regarded for both his EU/International and Belgian practices.

His experience focusses on multifaceted cross-border merger transactions and international investigations of anti-competitive behaviour, including ensuing litigation before both national and European courts.

He regularly co-ordinates large multijurisdictional teams in procedures before antitrust and regulatory authorities around the globe and has significant experience of difficult transactions, including remedy packages, reviewed by the European Commission.

His clients cross a range of industry sectors and he served as Global co-head of the firm's TMT sector group for five years. Laurent is vice-chair of the International Antitrust Law Committee of the ABA Section of International Law and a regular commentator on topics of European and Belgian competition law.

Laurent works in English, French, Dutch and Italian.

Career

Partner since 2001.

Professional Memberships

Member of Brussels and New York Bars.

Vice-chair of the International Antitrust Law Committee of the ABA Section of International Law

Publications

Author of ‘Telecommunications, Broadcasting and the Internet: EU Competition Law and Regulation’.

Personal

Laurent was educated at University of Liège, Cambridge University and Columbia University Law School.

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Competition: EU - Belgium
4
Band 4

Laurent Garzaniti is known for his work on merger notifications, having handled standout recent mandates in the insurance broking sector. He additionally acts for prominent clients on EC investigations.

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