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Nicholas Levy
Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
2

Band 2

Competition: EU

Belgium

5 Years Ranked

2

Band 2

Competition Law

UK

6 Years Ranked

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Global 2025

About

Provided by Nicholas Levy

Europe

Practice Areas

EU and U.K. competition law, notifying mergers and joint ventures to the European Commission under the EU Merger Regulation, co-ordinating pan-European notification of international transactions with various national competition authorities.

  

Career

Joined firm, 1990; became partner, 1999. Shares his time between the Brussels and London offices of Cleary. Diploma, Law, City University, London (1988); MA, Oxford University (1987).

  

Professional Memberships

Bars of England and Wales, Brussels. Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

  

Chambers Review

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Europe

Competition Law - UK

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial
Nicholas Levy splits his time between the firm's offices in Brussels and London. He has particular experience in phase II merger clearance mandates before the CMA, as well as advising third-party intervenors on high-value reviews. He further acts for clients on CMA market studies, and also has experience representing them before the European courts in challenges to authority decisions.
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Competition: EU - Belgium

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial
Nicholas Levy is a London and Brussels-based competition law specialist who attracts strong praise for his understanding of both the CMA and the EC. In addition to his impressive reputation for phase I and II merger control work, Nicholas Levy has experience in high-profile abuse of dominance cases. He has notable experience in mandates in the technology sector.
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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

"He is a class act."

Competition Law respondent
Europe

"He is very smart and strategic and very good at thinking about all of the broader aspects of the case to get the best result."

Competition Law respondent
Europe

"He has a really good client manner and is very good at keeping a handle on the bigger picture."

Competition Law respondent
Europe

"He's definitely one of the brightest competition lawyers out there."

Competition Law respondent
Europe

"He has an incredibly clear style in his writing which makes his arguments come out all the more forcefully."

Competition: EU respondent
Europe

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