Under the direction of managing partner Johan Ysewyn, who also acts as co-head of Covington & Burling LLP's global competition group, the team in Brussels handles merger control, anti-cartel enforcement, monopolisation cases, and other conduct investigations. The firm is particularly well regarded for its state aid and foreign subsidies work, which has been booming lately. Senior of counsel Kevin Coates brings his extensive public sector experience in the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission to the department. Further notable of counsel include Carole Maczkovics and Melissa Van Schoorisse.
Key clients
- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Work highlights
- Advised Vertex Pharmaceuticals on its global, multi-target license and option agreement, granting rights to conduct research using ImmunoGen's antibody-drug conjugate technology to discover conditioning agents for use with gene editing.
- Assisting Renesas, a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer, with the EU and global competition aspects of its €4.9bn acquisition of Dialog Semiconductor.