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Covington & Burling LLP

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Maintaining its strong track record of representing blue-chip clients from the worlds of pharmaceutical, technology and financial services, Covington & Burling LLP is well-versed in the full gamut of competition law matters, ranging from merger control and FDI clearances, to enforcement investigations. The practice is jointly led by Johan Ysewyn, who splits his time between London and Brussels, and merger control expert James Marshall. Under their leadership, the London practice has continued to grow demonstrated by the hire of Christian Ahlborn, former head of Linklaters LLP‘s global competition practice. Associate Sophie Albrighton is noted for her experience advising clients subject to investigations by various competition regulators.

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Key clients

  • Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

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Work highlights

  • Advised Warner Bros. Discovery on the global regulatory aspects of Discovery's acquisition of AT&T's WarnerMedia business, valued at more than $50bn.
  • Advised Kohlberg, a leading private equity firm and investor on PCI Pharma, one the merger control and FDI aspects of PCI Pharma's acquisition of Permira's LSNE, a premier contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) headquartered in Bedford.

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