Slaughter and May‘s ’very responsive, knowledgeable and collaborative’ team is well-placed to handle a wide range of prominent competition and antitrust matters for its diverse roster blue-chip multinational clients. The team regularly achieve strategically and commercially successful results, with a particular strength in managing complex, multijurisdictional matters. The practice is jointly led by Bertrand Louveaux and Claire Jeffs. Louveaux maintains a busy practice, acting on a range of high-profile contentious and non-contentious competition matters across the EU and UK in the last year, while Jeffs is highly regarded for her experience in coordinating merger approvals worldwide. Isabel Taylor has been described as ‘incredibly clever and knowledgeable’, while William Turtle is recommended for his experience in a wide range of competition and regulatory matters. Recently promoted to partner, Tina Zhuo continues to play a key role in high-profile merger cases before the CMA and EC. Philippe Chappatte has retired.
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Témoignages
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‘Knowledge and experience. Reasoned advice and practical approach to execution of tasks. Make themselves available at short notice and always a pleasure to deal with.'
‘The team is very responsive, knowledgeable and collaborative. The competition group as a whole is involved in complex matters at the forefront of the latest thinking in competition law, which gives them valuable insights when advising on competition law issues.’
‘Isabel Taylor is incredibly clever and knowledgeable, as well as being calm and reassuring to work with.'
‘In-depth knowledge of our industry, excellent at legal strategy. Very clear, commercial advice.’
‘The team is very commercially minded and adept at arriving at innovative solutions for complicated questions.’
‘Gold-plated team with excellent knowledge. Pragmatic and sensible. Always responsive.’
'Tina Zhuo also stands out for her ability to handle very technical, complex cases.’
‘The team is extremely responsive, competent and able to handle very complex and high-volume cases in an orderly, low-stress fashion.’
Clients clés
- ABP Foods
- Activision Blizzard
- Asda
- Booking Holdings
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
- DMG Media (subsidiary of Daily Mail & General Trust)
- Diageo
- IAG
- Independent Vetcare Limited
Points forts
- Advising Google in relation to various competition investigations in Europe and globally.
- Advising Activision Blizzard, Inc. on the UK competition aspects of its USD 68.7 billion acquisition by Microsoft Corporation.
- Advising Vodafone in relation to the UK and EU merger control aspects of the proposed joint venture between Vodafone UK and Three UK.
Avocats
Hall of Fame
Avocats au sommet de leur profession, largement reconnus et respectés par l'ensemble du marché pour leur expertise éprouvée et leur intervention récurrente et longue date dans les dossiers les plus complexes et prestigieux.
Les grands avocats du marché
Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.
Les grands avocats de demain
Jeunes associés disposant d’une reconnaissance montante sur le marché, jouant régulièrement un rôle clé dans des dossiers majeurs.
Tina Zhuo
Responsable de la pratique
Bertrand Louveaux; Claire Jeffs
Autres avocats clés
Isabel Taylor; Lisa Wright; William Turtle; Tina Zhuo; Stephen Heagney; Lorna Nsoatabe; Jonathan Slade; Alex Bulfin