‘Our go-to firm for complex and large matters. They have a super strong team of brilliant lawyers led by Nelson Jung. The bench is broad and the quality is very high. They are technically sound, pragmatic and will always go the extra mile to deliver the best results.’

‘Nelson Jung is an extremely talented and bright partner. He knows our business in depth and his advice is not only always right legally but also adjusted to our business needs. He is excellent communicating with business which makes him an extremely helpful and reliable partner to our in-house team.’

‘Sam Parry is an excellent senior associate in the London offer, customer oriented and pragmatic. He is also creative and always available.’

‘Amy Ryan is the best associate I’ve work with. She is thorough and technically excellent. I can rely on her to drive very complex high-profile matters and know she won’t let me down, no matter what. An associate to watch.’

‘Amazing work! The team is tech savvy, very responsive. I am pleased to see more women represented.’

‘Stavroula Vryna –  unparalleled expertise in tech.’

This is an exceptional team of lawyers. Most importantly, prospective clients should know that this is an indefatigable team, which is relentless in pursuit of positive litigation outcomes. They have encyclopaedic knowledge of competition law and litigation tactics. This marks them out as a team at the top of the London competition game.’

‘Linklaters is collaborative and dependable to a degree that is noteworthy. The competition team is  highly responsive as a general matter and a pleasure to work with.’

‘Jonny Ford is a highly capable young partner and Aoife Monaghan is a highly capable managing associate.’

‘Linklaters is a team that is rich in breadth and depth, with a wealth of experience but also a group of individuals who work brilliantly and seamlessly together.’

‘In my experience Linklaters are a highly commercial and focused team, great at keeping the client’s best interests central to a case and focusing efforts towards work that will actually move towards a positive resolution.’

‘The Linklaters team provides thoughtful, strategic advice on complex, cross-jurisdictional issues. Members of the team are excellent at interacting with business people, grasping technical issues, and preparing well-designed presentations and well-written submissions.’

‘I have been particularly impressed with partner Verity Egerton-Doyle and associates James Hunter and Zoe Cameron. Verity, James, and Zoe do extensive preparation in advance of meetings, so I can be confident that my internal clients will be impressed by the quality of our legal representation.’

‘Rachel Hetherington is hardworking and knowledgeable about antitrust law. Lucinda Richmond Wigg is one to watch. She provides excellent client service, is across the detail and is an excellent communicator.’

‘The Linklaters team possess exceptional subject matter knowledge and took the extra steps to understands our business and apply their knowledge to deliver the best overall outcome. They were responsive and listened to our needs and understood our objectives rather than push their own agenda.’

‘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.’

Very thorough and detailed. No stone is left unturned. You are in safe hands with the Ashurst team.’

‘Neil Cuninghame provides very through and detailed assessment on all the advice he delivers. He is technically concrete.’

‘Danica Barley is an excellent and widely experienced senior associate, who provide an exemplary balance between techinal legal skills and commercial pragmatism.’

‘Strong team of experienced lawyers with deep knowledge of the sector and providing accurate, sharp and high level of legal advice and strategic guidance on all cases.’

‘Neil Cuninghame and Adelle Elhosni are excellent lawyers with deep understanding of our sector and business. They manage complex merger filings and provide tactical options when facing a challenge. ’

‘Neil Cuninghame provided clear and pragmatic advice that was easily understandable to his non-legal clients. He focussed on the material issues and didn’t side line us with hypotheticals. He and his team worked around our changing timescales and provided the information when we needed it.’

‘Neil Cuninghame has provided crystal clear, no-nonsense advice which has helped to provide a solid basis for commercial decision makers to assess risk and find a practical and mutually beneficial way forward.’

‘Natasha Gromof has very ably assisted us in providing timely advice in a personable way, has stepped up well when necessary and has dealt with everything that has been thrown at her with an unflappable manner.’

‘The EU and Competition practice at Cleary Gottlieb is the best in the business. They are smart, pragmatic, hardworking and very well organised. They have excellent judgment and offer keen insights during every step of the merger review process.’

‘The team has deep knowledge of the law and offers pragmatic advice. They have sufficient understanding throughout the team to ensure that they can support us on complex matters at short notice.’

‘Jackie Holland and Paul Gilbert lead an all-star team of partners, associates and support staff.’

‘Very straightforward and pleasant to work with. Matters are dealt with by experts and are not overstaffed.’

‘Maurits Dolmans is able to translate complex topics into practical recommendations that are understood by the business.’

‘Deep industry knowledge and strong technical expertise.’

‘Stephen Whisking has an excellent understanding of strategic approaches to CMA issues.’

‘We have worked with the HSF competition team on several projects, and have found them to be outstanding. They have tremendous legal and commercial expertise, are very practical and are enormously responsive and client focused. We are hugely impressed.’

‘Very knowledgeable team, always available and leading in the FDI space. Always a pleasurable experience when dealing with difficult antitrust issues. Veronica Roberts is our relationship partner and I rate her highly.’

‘Veronica is considered as one of the leading practitioners in this field. She adopts a very composed and reasonable approach which mirrors our values as a company.’

‘The team really spend the time understanding the business, wider context and thinking through how to navigate challenging issues. They are then able to explain and present this in a straightforward way.’

‘I have worked with Latham & Watkins’ competition team for a number of years and I’ve always been impressed with their very commercial and pragmatic approach to new and/or complex problems. They are responsive, curious and have a deep understanding of tech and marketplace issues.’

‘David Little stands out as a fantastic partner to work with – I valued his calm and measured advice that was always commercial and targeted at achieving business goals.’

‘The team is extremely knowledgeable about antitrust law as well as the practical handling of the CMA. The team is second to none.’

‘Jonathan Parker is knowledgeable with amazing insights into the CMA’s operations. He has been instrumental in the successful outcome of our cases.’

‘Greg Bonne is a very hands-on partner and a pleasure to work with.’

‘Nadeem Brora: Diligent and talented.’

‘Angus Coulter is smart, practical and great to deal with overall.’

‘Very approachable, pragmatic advice and flexible when dealing with the wider business or fellow specialists at their client.’

‘Availability when needed at key moments, but not at the expense of protecting their own work-life balance which is important. Ability to cut through lots of the noise and provide concise to the point input and advice when needed.’

‘Highly personable staff and deep matter knowledge.’

‘Chris Hutton – very personable and unassuming, easy to work with. Christopher Peacock – manages the up and coming senior associate role very well. Knowledgeable, again very personable and works well with his own seniors and juniors and us as the client.’

‘The team are hugely commercial, pragmatic, technically excellent and very easy to work with.’

‘Angus Coulter understands our business, can simplify complex legal concepts, very calm and knowledgeable.

‘Broad international coverage and experience which makes them well-placed to manage large multijurisdictional filing exercises on global M&A deals.’

‘Kirkland’s strength is the breadth of their international knowledge and experience in multiple jurisdictions.’

‘I would particularly highlight Joel Gory. In the fast-paced, deadline-driven world of antitrust law, his standout attributes are responsiveness and decisiveness, rooted in a deep understanding of the law and practical commercial insight.’

‘I regularly work with the Kirkland & Ellis team in the area of FDI control. The team is without any doubt currently the best team in the market to coordinate complex multijurisdictional FDI notifications: their level of efficiency to smoothly obtain FDI clearances is unseen.’

‘Athina van Melkebeke is a true FDI star who is strongly in the driving seat to bring all matters to a good end, irrespective of complexity.’

‘Mark Gardner consistently provides thoughtful, commercial advice on antitrust and competition issues across numerous ex-US jurisdictions and helps us navigate through the different regimes to successfully close our transactions.’

‘The team is high quality but also pragmatic, making them easy to deal with.’

The Macfarlanes team is collaborative.’

‘Malcolm Walton is an excellent lawyer with a commercial focus. He is always on top of the detail and is solutions driven.’

‘Cameron Firth is an experienced, high-quality competition lawyer and is incredibly hardworking.’

‘Absolutely outstanding service from Ian Giles and Shaha El-Sheemy. They are both a pleasure to work with, accessible, understandable, deliver on time and are generally doing a stellar job. We have been very pleased.’

‘Ian Giles and Shaha El-Sheemy are both absolutely excellent.’

‘A total pleasure to be instructed by and I love working with them. Helen Fairhead is super-sharp and very commercial.’

‘Nuala Canavan is very clever and highly strategic. Rebecca Williams is extremely organised and has a great eye for detail.’

‘Helen Fairhead is an excellent partner, all over her cases whilst bringing out the best of her wider team in delivering the best for clients.’

‘Nuala Canavan is a partner of the future. A superb competition lawyer with good instincts, great technical knowledge and always thinking about the bigger picture and direction of a case.’

‘Rebecca Williams is a partner in the making. Incredibly hardworking and all of the detail of her cases.’

‘An excellent team with a number of major clients in the high-tech sector.’

‘Rona Bar-Isaac is expert and effective, and performs well when asked to brief non-legal board-level clients.’

‘Al Mangan delivers great concise advice that is pragmatic and commercially sensible.’

‘The competition team has deep knowledge of their practice area, taking new developments and complex issues in their stride – adding a commercially focused lens and explaining complex points in an understandable and compelling way.’

‘As well as providing deep specialist knowledge, Al Mangan and Tom Withers have really taken the time to understand us as a client and we really value their availability to discuss issues and taking the time to highlight key developments in competition law.’

‘A highly collaborative team, and you properly get their time, attention and ideas. A real partner led practice.’

‘Their partners are consistent in their quality, and all seriously bright. Mark Molyneux is excellent, astute, with a laser like focus on what makes the difference to a case and thus what should be explored in detail.’

‘Interactions with senior partners and associates are relaxed and friendly, which in turn creates an atmosphere conducive to effective working relationships between client and the competition practice.’

‘Stephen Smith, Francion Brooks and Victoria Yuan are all highly knowledgeable, experienced and provide superb advice.’

‘The team is always approachable and willing to spend time understanding client concerns. Their ability to assess commercial practices in the context of competition law parameters is impressive.’

‘Excellent team to deal with. Good practical and pragmatic advice.’

‘Mark Brown, Stephen Smith and Victoria Yuan provided practical and efficient advice on the matter, and operated seamlessly as a team.’

‘Excellent team, with unparalleled experience in handling matters at the interface with IP. They are regularly active in leading FRAND cases. The go-to shop for these matters and in general high tech competition advice.’

‘Pat Treacy is a legend. Sophie Lawrance is also exceptional.’

‘The team is very responsive and pragmatic in their advice.’

‘Andrew Hockley and Paul Culliford are highly responsive and provide clear and helpful advice. They are also great team members.’

‘Outstanding in the field of competition law damages claims. They master the technical and economic detail as well as the big picture. On case strategy, they are excellent. They are dedicated, hardworking and second-to-none in soft skills, client management and exchanging with in-house counsel.’

‘They are conscientious and know the file inside out. They are industrious, proactive and in total control of the legal, procedural and technical fine detail.’

‘Exceptionally bright mindset, commercially oriented, pragmatic, a pleasure to work with. I feel safe in their hands and they’re always on top of things. I have the privilege to work with many top-tier law firms but BCLP stands out from the rest, they’re just unique. ’

‘Andrew Hockley and Ben Bolderson are absolutely outstanding lawyers. Commercial, pragmatic and so easy to work with. They’re just an extension of the in house legal team.’

‘The team is highly competent and a pleasure to work with. They’re both commercial and technical in their approach to competition law, and we achieved outcome exceeding my initial expectations.’

‘Andrew Hockley is an exceptional competition law partner. He’s very smart, experienced, and pleasant.’

‘Neil Baylis is an outstanding competition law lawyer.’

‘Neil Baylis has a knowledge of association competition law which is second-to-none.’

‘Advice is pragmatic and commercial. Teams are well resourced with advice being provided in a timely manner.’

‘Brian Sher – quick witted and commercial, with good understanding of CMA politics.’

‘Kabir Garyali – inspires confidence. Good attention to detail and client management skills.’

‘Neil Baylis – a heavy hitter.’

‘Matt Evans has a real and unique talent in understanding and advising the companies’ needs and situations. Very business oriented, well-balanced advice. Innovative and very reactive. Good relationship with the relevant authorities. He is a key partner.’

‘Matt Evans is an excellent, versatile, user-friendly and commercially savvy competition partner. He has a wealth of experience, is equally at home advising on merger control as on competition law investigations and compliance issues.’

‘Martin Strom is an impressive senior associate who appears to have a bright future. I was surprised to learn how junior Juliet Ginsberg looks to be a potential star of the future.’

‘Boutique competition law practice. Personal service and wired to win.’

‘Marie Lepard is brilliant, approachable, very supportive and incredibly smart! ’

‘Small team of highly talented lawyers providing expert and excellent competition law advice. These are the lawyers I call when we have a complex and business critical issue. ’

‘Gavin Robert – one of the best, if not the best, competition lawyers in London. Unrivalled quality of thought, breadth of experience and commercial sense.’

‘Absolutely incredible competition law expertise, super bright lawyers.’

‘Becket McGrath – detailed knowledge of the law and incredibly bright.’

‘Oliver Bretz has exceptional industry knowledge and experience and is a fantastic communicator.’

‘Euclid has a unique business model – access to partner time and excellent partners but within a much more competitive cost structure. They have excellent industry knowledge and their advice is always fit for purpose and commercial.’

‘This team has real depth of experience and a large number of talented individuals, who work as a team to offer a really excellent service to clients.’

‘Peter Harper is a standout practitioner with unfailingly good judgment and a huge depth of experience.’

‘Julia Woodward-Carlton is a lawyer with easy intelligence that enables her to think around problems and generate creative solutions.’

‘Claire Morgan is whip-smart and always impossible to fault in her analysis.’

‘Strong team with in-depth knowledge of the latest developments in competition law and related areas of law such as the National Security and Investment Act. A diverse range of talents and personalities strengthens the team.’

‘Peter Harper is highly experienced. He is relentless in working to achieve the best outcomes for clients.’

‘Claire Morgan brings a great deal of experience from a range of competition matters. She has a natural style that clients immediately warm to.’

‘Claire Morgan has a strong practice across a range of issues from M&A, behavioural aspects and subsidy control. She is very approachable and responsive and gives good practical advice.’

‘I have worked with or across almost of the leading competition firms across the various GC roles I have held, including Magic Circle, Silver Circle, and major US practices. In my view, Gibson’s competition team is probably the best overall – they are technically very strong and extremely responsive.’

‘The main difference between them and other major firms is that their partners are always on top of the detail and their associates are uniformly good.’

‘I think Ali Nikpay is the best competition lawyer in London – he is outstanding both strategically and tactically (a rare combination!), a superb advocate, and is commercially astute.’

‘Deirdre Taylor is an absolute star.’

‘Really work hard to understand the business and our needs. They are responsive and proactive. Very useful tailored updates provided by the firm consistently.’

‘Duncan Green is an exceptional associate and should be recognised as an upcoming leader. Mark Jephcott is also extremely responsive, commercial and business friendly in his approach.’

‘This team is doing top-notch work which compares very favourably with the other top teams in the City.’

‘Mark Jephcott is experienced and has a great strategic brain.’

‘Very knowledgeable and sensitive about client’s needs in the global market. Willing to accommodate client’s requests including issues related to budget.’

‘Provides comprehensive and timely, fast response. Very pleasant to work with. Understands cultural differences that exist with the client.’

‘A very approachable, knowledgeable team who show genuine interest in the industry we operate in.’

‘Tom Davies is very responsive and displays a commercial and pragmatic approach. Stephen Whitfield is also available to share his experience and knowledge whenever needed.’

‘Excellent legal advice, team members are always responsive, delivering reliable solutions quickly.’

‘We have worked with Stephen Whitfield and Ingrid Hodgskiss – both have a deep understanding of competition law and deliver outstanding legal advice while keeping commercial aspects in focus. Both are very approachable and always available, very uncomplicated and pleasant to work with.’

‘Stephen Whitfield is very commercial and really good at balancing short and long term priorities to work out the best overall advice for the client. Ingrid Hodgskiss has incredibly impressive knowledge.’

‘The quality of the team is first rate across the board. Technically excellent but also commercial, pragmatic, and personable.’

‘Stephen Whitfield is technically excellent but also commercial, pragmatic, and personable.’

‘Travers Smith are simply outstanding in this space.’

‘Weil Gotshal’s exceptional guidance on merger control issues makes them my go-to firm for complex transactions in the UK. Their excellent legal knowledge, experience of UK process and strong commercial acumen ensures a smooth and successful process.’

‘Jenine Hulsmann is an exceptional merger control lawyer. She is highly commercial and skilled at applying the law to client needs. She is also an excellent communicator and is well respected by senior managers within my business as much as by external regulatory stakeholders. ’

‘The team is highly dynamic and committed to finding the best commercial and strategic solutions for clients.’

‘Scott Pettifor is an excellent, talented lawyer, who is easy to work with, client-centric, and smart. He is committed to understanding clients’ needs and reaching strategic solutions, across jurisdictions.’

‘Kadambari Chinoy is a talented associate to watch. Highly committed, great to work with and smart.’

‘Akin’s team has a great depth of experience and knowledge in Antitrust/Competition law. They take the time to understand the complexities of our business and provide balanced legal solutions based on our business needs.’

‘Davina Garrod is an highly experienced legal professional with excellent technical knowledge and commercial acumen. She is also a great communicator and, importantly, an absolute pleasure to work with.’

‘Very market oriented and timely opinions, excellent at integrating opinions from US and Asia partners to give a global competition analysis.’

‘Davina Garrod was absolutely outstanding and a pleasure to work with. I always appreciate the opportunity to work with someone that has both incredible intelligence but also the ability to translate the complex into a clear, actionable strategy. Her advice and guidance was always delivered with a perfect mix of professionalism and charisma.’

‘The Akin team has proved to be outstanding in terms of relationship with clients, understanding what is the client’s key driver our issue to solve, all-time availability for clients, thinking outside of the box when needed and strong, experienced individuals who really provide you with best practice and appropriate guidance when needed.’

‘Always available and responsive, always provide a solution, good balance of legal and commercial approach.’

‘Responsive, good combination of commercial & legal approach.’

‘What sets the Dentons Competition Law practice apart from the competition is its proactive and innovative approach to competition law. The firm’s lawyers are not only adept at navigating the current regulatory framework but also possess a keen understanding of emerging trends and developments in the field. Dentons also has real cross-border capability.’

‘Adrian Magnus is an excellent lawyer: technically astute, tactically savvy and a real pleasure to work with.’

‘Viktoria Lightbody (née Tsvetanova) stands out. She is incredibly hard working and very effective. She is also a pleasure to work with.’

‘The team gives us practical but of course legally solid advice.’

‘Christopher Graf and Sanam Shah are both very excellent.’

‘Fieldfisher are really making waves in EU and competition law across the contentious and non-contentious space.’

‘Richard Pike is a standout performer who mixes great technical knowledge with an unflappable nature. Jessica Gardner is a real iron fist in a velvet glove on the litigation side.’

‘The team are very responsive and pragmatic with output.’

‘John Cassels is the relationship partner and has provided excellent support both when providing competitions legal advice directly and when connecting me with excellent advisers working in different practice areas.’

‘A real focus on clients’ requirements with clear and precise recommendations and advice.’

‘The Fried Frank antitrust team provided us with excellent support on a complex transaction. We had filings in Germany and Austria, as well as UK FDI.’

‘Toby Caspary and Valeri Bozikov are knowledgeable, accessible, and provide timely guidance in supporting business objectives. ’

‘Fried Frank has impressed us as a telecoms and media industry player. Their strong commercial expertise complements their first-rate legal knowledge, providing valuable advice on a range of transactions and other matters. The team works extremely efficiently, expertly managing matters quickly.’

‘Toby Caspary is a highly strategic lawyer with a deep understanding of the telecoms and media industry. His ability to translate competition policy into practical solutions has been invaluable.’

‘The team have a wide range of experience across jurisdictions which makes them invaluable for clients with multinational operations.’

‘We have worked with Omar Shah and Leonidas Theodosiou who are both experts in their field, knowledgeable in their clients’ industries and always share practical advice.’

‘Leonidas Theodosiou – thoughtful, pragmatic, client-centric approach.’

‘Commercially minded, pragmatic business friendly approach, consistently high standards.’

‘Strategic adviser with deep knowledge of the policy landscape and excellent connections that add value to the legal advice.’

‘Very skilled within competition law.’

‘They have a global deal team that can assist clients with transactions requiring cross-border merger control, FDI, and other regulatory requirements. The team is very responsive and a pleasure to work with.’

‘John Schmidt and Ludovica Pizzetti are a pleasure to work with. Both are very knowledgeable and very responsive. Additionally, they are organised and coordinate global merger review very well.’

‘I have worked with the A&P competition practice for over three years and I have to say it is one of the best competition law practices, if not the best practice, I have ever worked with. Their approach is thorough and take expert evidence in outmost consideration.’

‘They do not hesitate to consider innovative econometric tools and theoretical insights if that helps substantiating evidence to the benefit of the court. Teams are well structured and leveraged as appropriate. Communication is very effective.’

‘John Schmidt and Jane Wessel are seasoned partners and leading lawyers, with extensive experience in a huge variety of competition cases. They can effectively deploy their skills not only in traditional proceedings, but also in innovative proceedings.’

‘John and Jane can rely on a first-class team.’

‘John Schmidt and Zeno Frediani are both very good.’

‘The individuals’ key capabilities include a deep understanding of legal intricacies, a practical problem-solving approach, and the ability to provide accurate legal advice.’

‘The team was always bright and cheerful and got to grips with a complex subject.’

‘Depth of knowledge across the team. Flexible and sensitive to business priorities.’

‘Saskia King – always works hard to understand our business and the challenges we face. Saskia has great knowledge and insight across the sector and provides us with the information we need to know.’

‘At every point, they communicated with us, on teams calls, sometimes on a daily basis. The team were friendly, approachable, nothing was too much trouble for them, their organisational skills were second-to-none and we felt relief at having their support throughout.’

‘Peter Willis and Saskia King are outstanding. Having never dealt with competition practice before, they gave us clear guidance and expectations from day one.’

‘The communication and organisation was outstanding.’

‘Excellent strength in depth.’

‘Saskia King is a star when it comes to competition advisory work. Intensely practical but a delight to work with.’

‘Excellent knowledge and experience of competition law, and in particular, subsidy control.’

‘John Houlden and Punim Anda. Their ability to understand the needs of clients and availability are second to none.’

‘Experienced and diverse competition team.’

‘Chris Worrall is very experienced. His calm and confident approach put clients at their ease and helps them to make the right strategic decisions in complex regulatory situations.’

‘Great firm to work with. Quick and proactive approach.’

‘Debevoise & Plimpton’s EU and competition are a centre of excellence for EU and other antitrust filings, providing us with insight on the application of potential regulatory filings in M&A transactions, and helping us to navigate applicable requirements.’

‘Tim McIver has an excellent breadth of experience and has provided us with pragmatic advice in a timely way.’

‘The best, bar none. We work closely with Tim McIver on all of our matters. On top of being incredibly knowledgeable about just about every ex-US jurisdiction, the client service is unmatched.’

‘Excellent communication, very quick, and always excellent advice.’

‘Top quality competition practice in an international trade and shipping firm.’

‘Anthony Woolich is a highly experienced and completely reliable competition lawyer.’

‘A good working knowledge of the law and its practical application.’

‘Anthony Woolich is always approachable and responsive, providing pragmatic and advice that is easy to comprehend.’

‘They are extremely professional, pragmatic, technically excellent and personable. They add great value to the matters they are on and are a pleasure to work with.’

‘They are excellent at valuing the expertise that other experts can bring to the matters they are on and producing high quality outputs that leverage this for their clients.’

‘Sarah Batley is a star in the making. She is a truly exceptional lawyer who swiftly gets on top of her briefs, is great on the facts and the economics, and works well with other advisors to achieve excellent outcomes for her clients.’

‘Excellent competition litigation team. Consistently high-quality advice, commercial sense, excellent client service, deliver incredible results.’

‘Outstanding team of lawyers.’

‘Jennifer Marsh has the excellent ability to cut to the core concerns. Her advice is measured and appropriate and whilst it highlights the risks of any particular proposal, always takes into account our appetite for risk and advises accordingly.’

‘The team is very strong across the board, ably led by Jennifer Marsh with strong support from Michal Kocon and more junior associates. The team has been extremely engaged with the commercial teams demonstrating that they really take the time to understand the business and market context. They then distil this into pragmatic advice tailored for the commercial situation while maintaining compliance.’

‘Jennifer Marsh is an exceptional lawyer. She takes a complex area of law and breaks it down in a way which is directly digestible for the business teams while also accounting for the commercial drivers of the company.’

‘Michal Kocon is extremely approachable and gets to the point of the issue quickly before providing pragmatic advice.’

‘Easily understands the business context and proactively guides us toward different paths and the legal implications associated with these paths.’

‘I found K&L Gates’ help invaluable in a tricky situation.’

‘Jennifer Marsh is an immensely reassuring presence. Commanding in negotiations, her great intelligence is deployed to devastating effect. All over the detail, but never losing sight of the bigger picture, you definitely want Jennifer in your corner.’

‘Simple to work with. Straightforward, no fuss. Ability to feel and understand our level or risk. Extremely knowledgeable in the area of law.’

‘Experienced in specialist area of subsidy control.’

‘Really easy to understand. Straightforward, clear and personable.’

‘Knowledgeable team, wide variety of experience.’

‘Well-coordinated global team. Very organised and thorough. Created a tracker and really moved things along with global regulatory bodies.’

‘The team uses tracking tools, coordination internally and globally to create an efficient and cost-efficient process for EU and competition approvals. They had broad experience with unique fact patterns to provide expert guidance.’

‘Vincent Brophy is a key individual. He has deep experience of handling high-profile matters in Brussels. He is an astute tactician and a highly respected member of the antitrust bar.’

‘An experienced team in London. Vincent Brophy is a very experienced practitioner with a wealth of experience especially on EU matters.’

‘Incredibly efficient and exceptionally commercial.’

‘Marta Garcia is exceptional – very responsive, incredibly knowledgeable, and focused on obtaining a pragmatic commercial solution.’

‘Marta Garcia provides our firm with an excellent service. She is unbelievably responsive, helpful and client orientated. We are very grateful to work with her.’

‘Highly committed competition team who will go the extra mile for the client.’

‘Marta Garcia – tenacious and committed lawyer who is very loyal to her clients.’

‘The team’s advice was of a high quality, and delivered in a clear and timely manner. The team kept a close watch on the matter and was proactive in matter management.’

‘Peter Crowther is the individual who makes this practice unique.’

‘Peter Crowther understands the clients’ commercial needs. He is a stellar strategic thinker.’

‘I have been regularly working with Peter Crowther and his team. He is a very impressive antitrust lawyer. He is not only very experienced, but also extremely clever, witty, with a great sense of humour. Working with him is a privilege.’

‘Winston’s competition practice has been an integral part of our legal resource ecosystem in the EU and UK for a number of years now. They are practical, responsive, business focused, and take the time to learn your business.’

‘Peter Crowther has been an excellent partner to our company and has been involved in a number of high-profile, extremely high-stakes litigation and related matters for us. He is passionate about defending our positions and always thinking creatively how to solve our problems.’

‘Winston are a highly effective team led by the redoubtable Peter Crowther.’

‘Peter is a highly committed and experienced generalist competition lawyer.’

‘Great group of dynamic practitioners with great legal skill and judgment.’

‘Christine Graham – excellent leader in her field. Caroline Hobson – senior antitrust lawyer with great judgment ’

‘Great FDI screening law knowledge.’

‘A strong, experienced team providing a broad range of competition advice across the EU and UK competition landscape. Highly trusted advisers, they provide insight and understanding on matters of key strategic importance to our business.’

‘As well as their breadth and depth of knowledge and experience in competition law, a key strength is the ability to deliver their advice in a clear, business focused way directly to senior business colleagues.’

‘Caroline Hobson is superb. She provides on point, practical and insightful advice on a very wide range of matters. She has a strong understanding of our business and our markets which, combined with her excellent legal expertise, makes for very high quality advice.’

‘The Cooley team is very well versed in EU competition law. It has extensive knowledge and understanding of EU competition rules, and it provides sound and creative legal advice.’

‘Ben Lasserson is a seasoned pro who has a real knack for discovering claims for established and new clients alike. Sarah Houghton is a great manager of her team, with great judgment and strategic vision.’

‘They are very well regarded in the market and at the cutting edge of new developments.’

‘Very good people and very collaborative in terms of working with the client and liaising and instructing Counsel.’

‘Sarah Houghton is a very experienced litigator with experience in more than one jurisdiction and an incredibly sensible head on her shoulders used to dealing with major complex large-scale cases.’

‘Chanelle Cattin is a good litigator and is also very adept on the transactional side able to give very clear advice on merger control issues arising in the UK and in parallel in overseas jurisdictions.’

‘The team is highly motivated and hardworking. It possesses strength from partner to junior associate and paralegal levels. It is responsive to clients and counsel and provides helpful judgment at the more senior levels.’

‘Sarah Houghton is a very strong competition lawyer who approaches issues with flexibility and firmness. She is a safe pair of hands and works well in interfacing with counsel teams.’

‘Gwen Ballin-Reeler works across all aspects of large cases and maintains effective knowledge of the interaction between the various aspects of the case. She is hardworking and dedicated.’

‘Great knowledge of competition law, have a great global network of legal advisors, and can serve as a one-stop shop for performing detailed analysis of competition law issues in various markets.’

‘Simon Neill and Joachim Piotrowski are both proactive, attentive, and oriented to providing efficient legal advice on the matter at hand.’

‘I’m always confident of being passed to one of their team who are positioned to support our needs.’

‘Simon Barnes and Rachel Rossdale are the two main contacts I interact with the most. Both are commercially minded, whilst sharing their views on any risks with the decisions we need to make.’

‘Simon Barnes is very responsive.’

‘I appreciate Gustaf Duhs’ thorough antitrust knowledge and pragmatic approach. He is very quick, easy to work with, and also great fun. I dearly recommend him as a very reliable and trustworthy adviser.’

‘The team stands out for being responsive, available, and working to tight deadlines, with clear knowledge and expertise in the sector.’

‘I have valued the team’s thorough approach and availability to discuss specific issues in detail.’

‘Louisa Penny has been very helpful in assisting us with recent competition law matters.’

‘Knowledgeable, friendly and professional staff.’

‘Paulo Palmigiano provided us with a really good training on competition law, providing specific examples. He was very organised and the process went very smoothly.’

‘A strong team with individuals that go out of their way to provide value-add services (notably training) to assist their clients.’

‘Solange Leandro is a very trusted, approachable and knowledgeable lawyer giving clear and pragmatic advice.’