Jones Day
The team at Jones Day brings its ‘specific smart understanding' to the gamut of competition work, merger control clearances, antitrust investigations and follow-on damages claims all form a significant part of the regular workload. Additionally, the team is well regarded for its state aid expertise. Bernard Amory oversees the practice, supported by Brussels office managing partner Alexandre Verheyden. Other key senior names in the team include Laurent De Muyter and Kaarli Eichhorn. Of counsel Geoffroy Van De Walle has recently led on major abuse of dominance cases. In June 2022, the group’s transactional offering was further strengthened by the arrival of Nadiya Nychay from Dentons.
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Testimonials
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‘The Jones Day competition team in Brussels has a specific smart understanding of the client's constraints, business and needs. They are proactive in proposing new solutions, to fit in the best possible and compliant way with the client's request.'
‘Alexandre Verheyden is a key contributor to the success of a deal, in complex and moving circumstances.’
‘Jones Day is able to bring the full team forward to serve the client, with inputs coming from both junior and senior members. They are very tuned into the concerns of the clients, and have very good knowledge of the relevant case law and how it may be relevant to a particular point. They are able to draft submissions in a way that is clear and compelling.’
‘Charlotte Breuvart has a good knowledge of EC case law and of the energy market and is able to combine this with a good understanding of client needs, and what this means for the positioning of arguments. She is genuinely nice to work with.’
‘A very collaborative team, enabling open discussions about the case.’
'Kaarli Eichhorn - exceptional understanding of the industry and ability to explain complex competition law issues in a comprehensible manner.'
'They are fast, practical and thoughtful in their advice.'
Key clients
- Biocom California
- Bombardier Inc.
- Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile
- Dussur (Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments Company)
- EDF
- Eni
- Essilor
- FCA Bank
- General Electric Company
- Imerys
- Korean Air
- Mastercard
- PIMCO (Pacific Investment Management Company LLC)
- Procter & Gamble
- RTE (Réseau de Transport d'Electricité)
- RWE AG
- SAP
- Suez
- Teréga
- Traxys
- Valmet
- Volkswagen Financial Services
Work highlights
- Advising Korean Air on its $1.6bn acquisition of Asiana Airlines.
- Successfully represented Deutsche Telekom/T-Mobile in a challenge to Poland's auction of spectrum on discriminatory terms in favor of its incumbent operator.
- Secured the European Commission’s approval of €50m in state aid from the French State to support research and development activities in the field of Small Modular Reactors on behalf of EDF.
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Bernard Amory, Alexandre Verheyden