The Brussels office of Squire Patton Boggs acts as a hub for co-ordinating merger and foreign direct investment control proceedings across the globe, regularly leveraging the firm's international network to do so. The team has also recently represented clients before the European Commission in several notable cartel investigations. Brian Hartnett and Oliver Geiss are the key senior names to note.
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Key clients
- Adare International Holdings Limited
- Aliplast NV
- Amcor
- Ashland Global Holdings Inc
- Cathay Pacific
- Cellnex UK Limited
- DCC Management Services Limited
- DF Capital Bank Limited
- Eden Springs España S.A.U.
- ERM-Europe, Ltd
- Gotex, SA
- HEICO Corporation
- LATAM Airlines
- Le-Fylde Estates Limited
- Marlin Green Limited
- NielsenIQ / Advent International
- Node Developments Limited
- Northamptonshire County Council
- Peel NRE Developments Limited
- Perwyn Advisors UK Limited
- Quanta Storage, Inc
- Rimac Automobili d.o.o.
- Stockport County 2010 Limited
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Transport for Greater Manchester
- University of Leeds
- Vp Plc
Work highlights
- Advised NielsenIQ on the merger control and foreign investment control filings triggered by its acquisition of GfK.
- Represented Chile's national airline, LATAM, in its successful appeal against a European Commission cartel decision and coordinated the client's defence in civil actions in courts around the world.
- Represented Quanta Storage in appeals against a European Commission cartel decision before both the EU General Court and the European Court of Justice.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Brian Hartnett