Sidley Austin LLP
Client SatisfactionSidley Austin LLP‘s antitrust and competition team is ’thorough, systematic, and moves fast‘, and is particularly noted for its work in the life sciences sector and experience representing pharmaceutical clients. The technology sector is another area of strength for the team, with practice head Ken Daly a go-to here. Daly has notable expertise regarding the interplay of AI and competition law, while Maarten Meulenbelt and Anne Robert are key contacts for life sciences matters.
Testimonials
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‘The team is thorough, systematic, and moves fast. They are client oriented and very responsive.’
‘Partners I worked with in the practice were very knowledgeable and had contacts to key decision makers, allowing us to move fast and have high certainty in potential results.’
‘The Sidley lawyers really know their stuff very well and they are able to explain highly complex issues in a simple and clear way. And they are reliable - what they say they also do. Excellent support!’
‘Ken Daly is one of the best counsels I have ever worked with. Extremely knowledgeable in many areas of law, great analytical skills, excellent organizational capabilities, reliable and available!'
- 'Anne Robert and Maarten Meulenbelt are both of them simply great lawyers - calm, focused, always delivered on their promise.'
- 'The team has exceeded all of our expectations. They manage our matters very well and are very proactive.'
- 'Partner Anne Robert is a star. Her knowledge and experience with competition law is vast; she is able to navigate complex matters across jurisdictions.'
Key clients
- Clearlake Capital Group
- Servier Laboratories Limited
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform
- Doctipharma SAS
- Swixx Biopharma
- Coupang Inc.
Work highlights
- Represented Coupang in its acquisition of sole control of the business and assets of Farfetch Holdings plc.
- Representing French pharmaceutical company Les Laboratoires Servier, as co-lead counsel, before the CJEU in appeals by Servier (Case C-201/19 P) and the European Commission (Case C-176/19 P) against a General Court judgment (Case T-691/14).
- Counsel to U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform in relation to the revision of the Product Liability Directive and the adoption of the forthcoming AI Act.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ken Daly