Advised numerous hedge funds on GDPR compliance
Advised US automotive firm on Chinese merger clearance
Advised major Chinese chemical manufacturer on complex global distribution scheme
Represented Chinese manufacturer on patent licensing dispute with foreign licensor
Represented Chinese manufacturer on global merger notifications
Represented a high-technology consortium in its Brussels-based opposition to a strategic alliance among major electronics companies
Represented South African Airways in the European Commission’s air freight cartel investigation, follow-on litigation in the UK courts and in a Swiss investigation
Represented the International Optical Disc Replicators Association (iODRA) in a European Commission antitrust investigation against the 4C, 6C and MPEG-LA DVD patent pools, as well as Thomson/Technicolor for various breaches of Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty
Advised company before the European Commission seeking to block the Procter & Gamble/Gillette merger
Provided strategic EC competition law advice to Cinram in its defense to patent claims brought by Matsushita in U.S. federal court litigation (6C DVD patent pool)
Advised Cisco Systems on EC antitrust issues involving global alliance with Siemens
Represented Furukawa Electric in connection with acquisition of Lucent's optical fibers business, which entailed global national merger filings
Represented Newell Rubbermaid in acquisition of American Tool Company, entailing multiple notifications in Europe
Lead counsel in National Data Corporation's successful EC interim measures investigation against IMS based on application of Article 82 (compulsory license of copyright), and co-counsel for NDC in the appeal of this decision before the EC Court of First Instance
Advised National Data Corporation in challenge to IMS/PMSI merger before MMC
Advised Halifax and Cetelem (Paribas) in Form CO notification of U.K. concentrative joint venture;
Advised William Grant in three-way joint venture with Remy and Bacardi-Martini
Represented Laidlaw Environmental, a U.S. waste management firm, in its $1.5 billion acquisition of Safety-Kleen
Represented Hewlett-Packard in its $1.2 billion acquisition of VeriFone
Advised Birmingham International Airport in a joint takeover by Aer Rianta and NatWest Group
Advised CalComp, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, in its acquisition of Summagraphics, which required notification in a number of EU countries
Advised Lockheed Martin in its $9.1 billion acquisition of Loral
Responsibility for merger notifications and/or clearances in a number of countries in Eastern and Western Europe resulting from the $5 billion acquisition of Amax by Cyprus Mineral