A&O Shearman’s ‘brilliant’ competition law team possesses the skills and knowledge necessary to handle a wide range of prominent competition and antitrust matters across various industries. Renowned in the financial services sector, the firm is highly sought after by major UK and international banks for advice on mergers and cartel investigations. Head of the London antitrust group Philip Mansfield advises companies before EU, UK and international competition authorities and is well-regarded for his merger, cartel and behavioural experience. Assisting Mansfield is an impressive group of partners, including Dominic Long, who splits his time between the London and Brussels offices and specialises in complex cross-border merger clearances and cartel investigations, with a particular emphasis on the TMT, energy, and healthcare sectors. Seasoned EU antitrust practitioner Kristina Nordlander has specific expertise in the tech and life sciences sectors. Thomas Masterman has acted on some of the most high profile M&A matters, and a recent highlight includes advising Recticel on the CMA Phase II review. Competition law veteran Mark Friend has retired.
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‘Brilliant competition law thinkers who understand the market and dare to take a bold, innovative and economic-sensible approach when analyzing competitiveness and risk.’
‘Philip Mansfield has an amazing ability to go to the core of the competitive query, brainstorm and intuitively advise on the spot in a way that rationalizes and clarifies the inhouse legal thinking and analysis.'
'You go to Philip when you need a quick and brilliant thinker who dares to take an innovative approach for competitive analysis and an assessment of risk and mitigation that is straight, on-point and sensible.’
‘Very good experience in competition investigations and a growing name in litigation.’
‘Dominic Long - extremely client friendly, technically good, general delight to work with.’
Work highlights
- Acted for NortonLifeLock on its USD8 billion acquisition of FTSE 100 cybersecurity developer Avast.
- Acted for Maersk Drilling in relation to its merger with Noble Corporation. The deal was cleared by regulators in Brazil, Norway, Angola and the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.
- Advising Recticel on the merger control aspects of the (unsolicited) voluntary takeover bid by Greiner AG on the securities of Recticel and the sale of the engineered foam division to Carpenter Co.
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