Martin McElwee
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Band 3 : Competition Law
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About
Provided by Martin McElwee
Practice Areas
Martin is a partner in Freshfields’ London competition team. He helps clients manage their strategy in relation to competition law issues and covers all aspects of EU and UK competition law, including merger control, antitrust, market reviews and State aid. He is also the co-lead of the firm’s trade practice. He has extensive recent experience of guiding clients through complex merger control processes. Recent major matters include acting for LSEG on the EC Phase II clearance of its acquisition of Refinitiv and acting for Aon on the EC Phase II clearance of its merger with Willis Towers Watson. He has also acted for clients on major cartel and behavioural investigations as well as UK market studies and market investigations.
Career
Qualified at Freshfields in 2003 and became partner in 2014. Martin is based in both London and Brussels.
Publications
Author of the competition law chapters in Garzaniti, ‘Electronic Communications, Audiovisual Services and the Internet’ (2020).
Chambers Review
Global
Martin McElwee often assists clients with obtaining CMA clearance for multi-jurisdictional mergers. He also has experience advising clients on market studies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He pays great attention to strategy and clients."
"He is great to work with, has clearly gained a deep understanding of our business very quickly and also brings a lot of experience from other similar matters."
"He has a strong understanding of the UK CMA’s key issues and is thoughtful on how to address those issues."
"He has been very good on strategy and direction."
"He pays great attention to strategy and clients."
"He is great to work with, has clearly gained a deep understanding of our business very quickly and also brings a lot of experience from other similar matters."
"He has a strong understanding of the UK CMA’s key issues and is thoughtful on how to address those issues."
"He has been very good on strategy and direction."
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