Principaux dossiers

Principaux dossiers

Principaux dossiers

Principaux dossiers

• Acted for Illumina in overturning the General Court’s earlier judgment in favour of the EC, as well as several related proceedings before the EC and EU courts.
  
• Representing Google on the antitrust aspects of its $32bn acquisition of Wiz.
  
• Advising Booking Holdings in its appeal against the European Commission’s landmark prohibition on a novel legal framework of the Booking/eTraveli deal.
  

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• Advised Grail on its US$8bn acquisition by Illumina which involved extensive proceedings across Europe (before the General Court (GC) and the Court of Justice (CJEU)) and in the United States.
  
• Represented Lufthansa in rare interim injunction proceedings from the European Commission, successfully convincing the Commission to close its expedited investigation regarding Lufthansa’s termination of Special Prorate Agreements with Condor, without any condition or remedy.
  
• Represented Iberdrola and Telefonica in their appeals before the General Court, annulling the European Commission’s latest State aid decision of a 20-year trilogy.
  

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• Advised Liberty Media in securing a European Commission Phase II unconditional approval for its €4.2bn acquisition of Dorna Sports, the owners of MotoGP.
  
• Advised Pharmacosmos in an Article 102 TFEU investigation by the European Commission and in a parallel investigation by the UK CMA, resulting in precedent-setting commitments by CSL Vifor to the EC and CMA and a payment of £23m in compensation to the NHS.
  
• Advised Scale AI in Meta’s acquisition of a 49% interest in Scale AI at a purchase price of $14.8bn.
  

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• Advised Cooper Consumer Health on its acquisition of the over-the-counter business of Viatris Inc.
  
• Advised Haier Smart Home on the global regulatory filings for its acquisition of Carrier’s Commercial Refrigeration business for an enterprise value of $775m.
  
• Representing Epic Games in its European Union antitrust and Digital Market Act actions against Apple and Google.
  

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• Advised Mitsubishi Motors Corporation in relation to parallel cartel investigations by the European Commission and the UK Competition and Markets Authority (« CMA ») into automotive end-of-life vehicles recycling.
  
• Advised United Group and its Greek subsidiary Nova on a merger notification to the European Commission of the acquisition of joint control over Alpha Satellite TV.
  
• Advised The Coca-Cola Company in resolving a coordinated action by the European Commission and the CPC Network of consumer protection authorities in relation to recycling claims.
  

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• Represented the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg in a European Commission investigation initiated in 2021, following a complaint regarding the compatibility with State aid rules of Luxembourg’s Large Scale Testing.
  
• Advising a global tyre manufacturer in the context of the European Commission’s investigation into the tyre industry, launched in January 2024, which alleges that tyre manufacturing companies may have violated EU antitrust rules in the market of new replacement tyres for passenger cars, vans, trucks and buses sold in Europe
  
• Advising Euroclear on a series of complex FinTech-related matters, including its acquisition of a strategic 49% stake in Banco Inversis and ongoing acquisition of the remaining 51% until full ownership.
  

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• Advised Intel in its successful appeal against the European Commission’s Intel decision, which had fined Intel €1.06bn in 2009.
  
• Advised Vodafone Group on the divestment of its Italian business to Swisscom.
  
• Advising Macquarie Asset Management on all regulatory aspects of its public offer for Renewi Plc.
  

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• Advised Ansys, Inc. on the global antitrust aspects of its $35bn acquisition by Synopsys, Inc.
  
• Advised Catalent, Inc. on the global antitrust aspects of its $16.5bn acquisition by Novo Holdings, and the subsequent sale of three of Catalent’s sites to Novo Nordisk.
  
• Representing ByteDance Ltd. in a number of matters including challenging its designation as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act, and challenging its supervisory fees under the Digital Services Act.
  

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• Advising Google in relation to various competition investigations in Europe and globally, including the EC investigation into the online advertising technology sector.
  
• Advising Vodafone in relation to the UK and EU merger control aspects of the joint venture between Vodafone UK and Three UK.
  

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• Assisting Intel in its appeal against the €376m fine re-imposed in 2023 by the European Commission for a previously established abuse of a dominant position relating to so-called “naked restrictions” in the market for computer chips called x86 central processing units, in breach of Article 102 TFEU.
  
• Represented a leading Japanese vehicle manufacturer as sole defence counsel in the European Commission cartel investigation in relation to end-of-life vehicles.
  
• Assisting Nuctech in its actions against the European Commission’s first dawn raid under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
  

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• Advised ExxonMobil on the sale of its controlling stake in Adriatic LNG to VTTI and Snam.
  
• Advised Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. on the acquisition of the DUNLOP-branded tire business from Goodyear.
  
• Advised American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. on its acquisition of Dowlais Group plc through a public bid on the London Stock Exchange.
  

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• Advising Palo Alto Networks its $25bn acquisition of CyberArk.
  
• Advised Curium Pharma on its successful acquisition of Monrol.
  
• Advised Novo Nordisk on its pending $16.5bn acquisition of CDMO Catalent.
  

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• Assisting, representing and leading FIFA’s litigation strategy in actions before multiple national courts and proceedings before competition authorities regarding new rule capping football agents’ remuneration.
  
• Assisted Hyundai Motors in relation to the recent investigation by the European Commission into end-of-life vehicles in the car industry closed with a settlement.
  
• Assisted Iliad in relation to its appeal before the General Court against the decision of the European Commission clearing with commitments the joint venture between Vodafone Italia and TIM, Inwit.
  

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• Advised Novozymes on its €1.5bn acquisition and carve out of the Animal Feed Enzymes business from dsm-Firmenich.
  
• Advising Methanex on the antitrust aspects of its $2.05bn acquisition of OCI Global’s methanol business.
  
• Advising Vandemoortele on merger control, Foreign Subsidies Regulation, and Foreign Direct Investment aspects in relation to its proposed acquisition of Délifrance for a consideration of €700m.
  

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• Defending an international sports federation against an antitrust complaint to the European Commission.
  
• Represented Securitas successfully as leniency applicant in the high-profile Belgian cartel investigation into the security and guarding sector.
  

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• Advised BioNTech on the global corporate, regulatory, merger control and FDI/CFIUS aspects of its $1.25bn all-stock deal to acquire Nasdaq-listed CureVac.
  

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• Representing Google in the CMA’s regulatory review of Google’s “Privacy Sandbox” proposals to reduce cross-site tracking on Chrome, limit covert tracking of users, and introduce privacy-enhancing technologies to protect user privacy and support digital advertising.
  
• Acting for Huhtamäki in a formal State aid investigation (Phase 2) by the European Commission into tax rulings granted by Luxembourg to Huhtamäki and several other companies.
  
• Representing Helsing on all aspects, including competition and FDI, of its acquisition of Bavarian aircraft manufacturer Grob Aircraft SE from H3 Aerospace GmbH & Co KG.
  

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• Representing French pharmaceutical company Les Laboratoires Servier, as co-lead counsel, before the CJEU in appeals by Servier and the European Commission against a General Court judgment.
  
• Representing DocMorris in a recent case before the Court of Justice of the European Union, involving different benefits offered to customers when sending their prescription to DocMorris.
  
• Represented Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. in connection with securing antitrust approvals related to its acquisition of Software Integrity Group from Synopsys, Inc. for total consideration of up to $1bn.
  

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• Advised Glazer Capital on Mars’ proposed acquisition of Kellanova (previously Kellogg’s) for $36bn.
  
• Advised the Competition and Consumer Protection Branch of the United Nations Trade & Development agency, providing technical assistance to the UN and its member states on a range of competition law issues, including in relation to international merger control, sustainability, cross-border cartels, and on the $3.5tn Africa Continental Free Trade Area.
  
• Acted for easyJet in relation to its involvement in the European Commission remedies process arising from Lufthansa’s acquisition of a controlling stake in ITA Airways from the Italian Government.
  

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• Advised PON on competition law and FDI filings for its strategic partnership with CVC in URUS Group.
  
• Assisted the Belgian federal government in designing and notifying a new State aid scheme for offshore wind farms in the Princess Elisabeth Zone of the North Sea.
  
• Representing several clients who are victims of cartel activities in recovering damages.
  

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• Advising Illumina in relation to complex competition issues challenging the legality of the use of Article 22 EUMR relating to its acquisition of Grail.
  
• Acting as competition and FDI counsel to Lexmark International Inc. and its shareholders in the $1.5bn sale of Lexmark to Xerox.
  
• Representing Crown Holdings in its appeal of the EC’s metal packaging cartel fine before the ECJ.
  

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• Represented Korean Air Lines in the European Union’s in-depth investigation into its proposed acquisition of Asiana Airlines.
  
• Assisted Fluvius in the EU merger control procedure relating to the proposed joint venture between Fluvius and Telenet concerning the mixed Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) and hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) roll out in Flanders (and parts of Brussels).
  
• Advising Medtronic on a variety of competition law matters, including on distribution and abuse of dominance.
  

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• Representing Norwegian independent browser, Opera, in its application for the annulment before the EU General Court of the Commission’s decision not to designate Microsoft’s browser under the DMA.
  
• Advising and representing the Browser Choice Alliance in relation to Microsoft’s conduct in PC browsers.
  
• Providing legal advice to the Coalition of Open Digital Ecosystems leading a joint initiative aimed at the promotion in the EU of open digital ecosystems.
  

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• Assisting EDF in filing a complaint with the European Commission under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, contesting KHNP’s selection for building new nuclear units in the Czech Republic.
  
• Advising Stendia in proceedings under the Digital Markets Act against Google.
  
• Advising Mérieux Nutrisciences in securing, before the Australian, Moroccan and South African competition authorities, merger control clearances of their acquisition of 100% of BV’s food testing activities in 15 countries worldwide.
  

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• Acted for Kellanova on its proposed acquisition by Mars, a transaction valued at $36bn.
  
• Acting for Amcor Inc. on its $37bn acquisition of Berry Global.
  
• Acting as compliance counsel and company secretary to DCSA since the end of 2018, when the DCSA initiative was first launched.
  

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• Represented Qualcomm in its appeal of the Commission decision in finding that it abused its dominance by selling certain UMTS chipsets below “cost” to two strategically important customers, with the intention of eliminating Icera.
  
• Representing Qualcomm in an “opt out” collective class action before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal brought by the UK Consumer Association Which?.
  
• Representing Qualcomm in its proposed acquisition of all the shares in Autotalks. The deal was reviewed by the FTC, UK CMA and European Commission.
  

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• Advised Air France in a series of complex State aid cases before the European Commission totalling €14.6bn since 2020.
  
• Represented Micula a.o. in challenging the Commission’s State aid decision addressed to Romania before the EU courts.
  
• Represented Amazon in global litigation with Nokia.
  

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• Advised Neos S.p.A. on several cases before the EU Courts in the context of actions for annulment brought by another airline company against Commission’s approval of Covid-19 related measures introduced by the Italian Government.
  
• Advised Snam S.p.A. on the €560m acquisition of Edison Stoccaggio S.p.A, cleared by the Italian Competition Authority following Phase II proceedings.
  
• Advising NewPrinces S.p.A. on the EU merger and FSR aspects in relation to the acquisition of Carrefour Italia S.p.A.
  

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• Represent FIFA in the Diarra litigation before the Belgian courts.
  
• Represent Jaguar Land Rover in relation to parallel investigations by the CMA and European Commission.
  
• Advising SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH on merger control and conducting the merger control proceedings as well as the FSR notification procedure before the European Commission in connection with the acquisition of all shares in WIGA from its previous co-shareholder Wintershall Dea.
  

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• Representing pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA against UK National Health Service in UK competition damages claim following from “pay-for-delay” agreement which the European Commission held to be anticompetitive in its first-ever “reverse payment patent settlement agreement” investigation.
  
• Representing Canadian flight-simulator maker CAE. Inc in defense collaboration with French Ecole Nationale d’Aviation Civile regarding ab initio combat pilot training.
  
• Advising World Economic Forum about competition law issues arising out of its “First Movers Coalition”, an industry-wide sustainability effort to achieve the green transition.
  

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• Advised tyre manufacturer Continental AG in the current investigations of the European Commission in the tyre sector.
  
• Advised Delivery Hero’s advisory board in the fine proceedings where the European Commission agreed on a settlement with Delivery Hero and Glovo dated 2 June 2025 and resulting in fines totalling €329m.
  
• Represented Mercedes-Benz Group AG in the first parallel antitrust proceedings of the European Commission and the CMA after Brexit.
  

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• Representing Crane Company in its $1.1bn acquisition of Precision Sensors & Instrumentation from Baker Hughes globally.
  
• Represented and secured unconditionally clearance for First Brands Group in its €440m acquisition of Novares.
  
• Representing GS E&C in connection with its $1.2bn proposed divestiture of its subsidiary GS Inima.
  

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• Acting as global antitrust counsel of Magnera Corporation on its acquisition of the Health, Hygiene and Specialties non-woven materials and films business of Berry Global Group, Inc.
  
• Acted as global antitrust counsel to Utmost Group plc on its acquisition of Lombard International Assurance Holdings Sarl.
  
• Representing JERA Co., Inc. on the antitrust work in relation to the creation of a joint venture for the production and sale of low-carbon (blue) ammonia in partnership with CF Industries Holdings, Inc. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
  

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• Assisting and advising Nomad Stays in its challenge before the European Court of Justice of the EU VAT Directive.
  
• Represening Macedonian Thrace Brewery in an ongoing €100m antitrust lawsuit against Heineken and its Greek subsidiary, Athenian Brewery.
  

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• Assisting Soudal in a State aid in-depth investigation launched by the European Commission in September 2019, as well as in an appeal before the European Court of Justice’s Grand Chamber in relation to a state aid and taxation decision rendered by the European Commission in 2016.
  
• Assisting Esko Graphics in a State aid in-depth investigation launched by the European Commission in September 2019, as well as in an appeal before the European Court of Justice’s Grand Chamber in relation to a state aid and taxation decision rendered by the European Commission in 2016.
  
• Advised Phibro on the acquisition of Zoetis’s medicated feed additive and water-soluble product portfolio.
  

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• Advising Arla Foods on its proposed €19bn merger with German/Dutch dairies DMK eG and DOC UA.
  
• Advised Carlsberg A/S on its £3.3bn public takeover of Britvic plc, forming Carlsberg Britvic.
  
• Supported ExxonMobil with legal and technical guidance for FSR notifications, helping collect and analyse data and assisting with ExxonMobil’s first FSR filing related to an EU public tender.
  

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• Advising the Chilean national airline, LATAM, in the investigation by the European Commission into airfreight surcharges, and subsequent appeals to the European Court of Justice and follow-on damages litigation in a number of jurisdictions.
  
• Advising Danube CCS Ventures on a challenge before the ECJ of the EC’s approval of a €3bn Swedish State aid scheme to support the roll-out of carbon capture and storage (‘CCS’) technologies.
  
• Advised ITAB in its acquisition of HMY.
  

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• Advised and represented La Liga (intervening party) in a proceeding before the Belgian jurisdictions, in support of several professional football players’ unions that have brought an action against FIFA and the URBSFA before the Commercial court of Brussels.
  
• Assisted and represented Corilus in a proceeding against the Belgian State, Partenamut, and the Office de Contrôle des Mutualités regarding illegal State aid granted to Rosa, before the Brussels tribunal of First Instance.
  
• Advised and represented Cono Kaasmakers (intervening party) in a procedure between Beevers and Albert Heijn regarding the legality of vertical agreements.
  

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• Represented Eurobat in the European Commission’s cartel investigation into alleged anticompetitive behaviour in the market for automotive starter batteries.
  
• Represented Intel in a complaint to the European Commission against a non-practicing entity for abusing their dominant market position.
  
• Represented Keysight in its high-profile multi-jurisdictional merger investigations related to its proposed acquisition of Spirent Communications plc.
  

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• Advising Campine on proceedings before the General Court and the Court of Justice regarding the fine imposed by the Commission and the Commission’s refusal to pay interest on the amount of the fine that was provisionally paid by Campine and thereafter partially annulled by the General Court.
  
• Assisted Siemens throughout the investigation and the settlement procedure before the Belgian Competition Authority.
  
• Advising Citymesh on all competition law questions and proceedings concerning its entry into the Belgian telecoms market and the roll-out of its 5G-network, as well as regarding the appeal against Proximus’ acquisition of EDPNET and on its intervention in the case launched by the Belgian competition prosecutor against Proximus concerning this acquisition.
  

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• Represented the Belgian Competition Authority as external counsel, in the appeal by tobacco manufacturers in the tobacco cartels case against a decision imposing fines of more than €36m.
  
• Acted as external competition counsel to PPP in a cease-and-desist action against Bpost before the President of the Brussels Commercial Court.
  
• Representing the Football Forum and other claimants in proceedings against FIFA and the Royal Belgian Football Association before the Court of Appeal in Brussels, in a case concerning the legality of FIFA’s new Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) under EU competition law.
  

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• Advised DENSO in the defense against and resolution of various antitrust damages claims.
  
• Advised DataStax on its acquisition by IBM.
  
• Advised BioNTech SE on its global co-development and co-commercialisation collaboration agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb for BioNTech’s antibody candidate BNT327.
  

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• Advised the shareholders of The Dairy Food Group on the sale of Gilbert’s Management Company NV, Incorock NV, and the Belgian Milk Company NV to A-ware Dairy & Cream BV.
  
• Advised the shareholders of Milcobel CV in the sale of its subsidiary Ysco NV to a US investment company.
  
• Advised the Pro League on the competition law aspects of managing and exploiting media rights for live broadcasts of Division 1A, Division 1B, the Cup, and other competitions.
  

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• Advised Eurelec on all competition and merger control law aspects in relation to the joining of Ahold Delhaize as shareholder of Eurelec.
  

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• Assistance to KKR in the non-binding offer for a controlling stake in the fixed network business (known as NetCo) of the Italian telecoms giant TIM.
  
• Assistance to ITA, Italy’s public-owned airline, in the antitrust notifications related to the sale to Lufthansa of a stake in the airline.
  
• Assistance to CDP Equity on Fincantieri’s €500m capital increase, proportionally to the stake already held, equal to approximately 71,3% of the capital.
  

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• Representing global insurance group Generali as part of a consortium on the €3.5bn acquisition of leading life insurance consolidator Viridium before the EU Commission and national authorities.
  
• Representing Stellantis in the cartel investigation of the European Commission concerning end-of-life vehicle recycling.
  
• Representing STRABAG on the acquisition of WTE before the EU Commission, and national authorities worldwide.
  

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• Advised PSG Equity on the acquisition of a stake in the Corilus group.
  
• Representing Fermenich in a cartel investigation and continued inspections launched by the European Commission in 2023 in the fragrance industry.
  
• Assisted Tessenderlo Group on a potential joint venture between Darling Ingredients and Tessenderlo Group concerning their respective global gelatin and collagen peptides businesses.
  

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• Advising Boeing on the strategic acquisition of a key supplier, Spirit AeroSystems.
  
• Advising Microsoft on the antitrust aspects of its investment in OpenAI in January 2023.
  
• Advising Microsoft on the multi-jurisdictional analysis of its partnership with BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft and MGX.