Jones Day‘s comprehensively covers all aspects of German and EU antitrust law and advises on merger control proceedings as well as on matters at the interface between state aid and investment law in connection with FDI procedures. The expertise in the contentious sphere includes cartel damages and abuse proceedings; this is complemented with competencies in fine proceedings, compliance and support during official investigations. Among the key contacts are Carsten Gromotke (merger control and abuse proceedings), Jürgen Beninca (fine proceedings and cartel damages), Philipp Werner (merger control and state aid law) in Brussels, Johannes Zöttl (cartel damages and compliance) and Kevin Wilcock, who is experienced in antitrust transaction support.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'The exchange with the partners is always very personal, appreciative, at eye level and with a high level of expertise in the answers, which makes working together very pleasant.'
'Philipp Werner quickly classifies specific contexts from the financial services business and is therefore able to implement the requirements placed on him very well with his colleagues at partner and associate level without needing a lot of reworking.'
'Jürgen Beninca quickly grasps and explains the depth of implementation necessary very well due to legal requirements, also with regard to the implementation of FDI and FSR requirements.'
'Kevin Wilcock has quick comprehension and is extremely independent and fast.'
Key clients
- ArchiMed SAS
- Avient Corporation
- Evoqua Water Technologies
- Real Alloy Holding
- Rejuvenate GmbH
- Roper Technologies, Inc.
- SAP SE
- The Timken Company
Work highlights
- Antitrust advice to Avient Corporation on its $1.485 billion acquisition of Koninklijke DSM NV's protective materials business.
- Successful representation of Real Alloy Holding, LLC in obtaining necessary antitrust and investment control approvals for the divestiture of its entire European business.
- Advising Rejuvenate GmbH on the acquisition of the business operations of co.don Aktiengesellschaft, including all shares in its Dutch, British and Swiss subsidiaries.
