Sam MacMahon Baldwin

As a dual-qualified attorney in Denmark (Advokat) & Hungary (Ügyvéd), Sam Baldwin is a seasoned EU & competition law practitioner with extensive expertise in advising businesses on all EU & antitrust matters.

Within antitrust, he advises on how to navigate the rules on anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance, merger control, and State aid. He is regularly instructed in economics heavy antitrust matters including pricing abuse cases and in-depth merger investigations.

As an expert in EU law, he advises businesses on investment protection under the EU’s Internal Market freedoms and Charter on Fundamental Rights, i.e. Freedom of establishment and Free movement of goods, services & capital. He is also active in human rights advocacy under the European Convention on Human Rights and with the Strasbourg Court.

He has an impressive track-record of experience before national competition authorities and the European Commission including in high profile antitrust, merger, State aid, and Internal Market cases. He has represented companies in national court proceedings as well as at the EU courts in Luxembourg; e.g. case C-255/16, Falbert and T-65/06 & C-238/12 P, FLSmidth.

He is recognised by Global Competition Review and Who’s Who Legal as a leading individual in competition law. Since 2020, the European Commission has selected him to serve as Non-Governmental Advisor to the EU’s antitrust enforcer, DG Competition, for the International Competition Network.

He is the founder of the network Young Competition Law Professionals and member of the panel of permanent & featured blog contributors at Kluwer Competition Law Blog where he regularly blogs about topical issues and new tendencies within EU antitrust.