Professional notice
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is, by several measures, the world's top competition practice.
1. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Global heads: David Aitman and Helmut Bergmann |
Home jurisdiction: UK and Germany |
Total size of firm: 2,524 |
Number of competition specialists: 266 |
Percentage of competition specialists: 10.5 |
Who's Who nominees: 30 |
Partners: 51 |
Percentage of partners in Who's Who: 58 |
Senior associates: 18 |
Associates: 137 |
Counsel: 7 |
Other: 53 |
Number of lateral partner hires: 0 |
Number of partner departures: 1 |
Number of internal promotions: 3 |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is, by several measures, the world's top competition practice. It has far and away the most nominees in The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers and Economists of any firm - with a staggering 30 in 2008 - and are among the top practices in more jurisdictions than any other firm in the world. Not only do they have one of the top - if not the best - practice in Brussels, but they are among the "elite" firms for competition work in Germany, Spain, the UK and Austria, as well as a "highly recommended" firm in France and Washington, DC.
Practice leaders David Aitman and Helmut Bergmann lead the third-largest competition team in the world, and keep every practice member in every jurisdiction acting in lock-step through an extensive communications network and a steering committee that leads the team.
A quick look at the firm's work, especially in Europe, shows that as well as a leading practice for merger notification, they are also a first choice for leniency applicants in cartel cases. That speaks volumes about the firm's true talent, helping its clients get in first and get it right, leading to that coveted figure when competition agencies hand out fines: zero.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) practice comprises over 50 partners and 255 members in total. Our ACT specialists are based in Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, the UK and the US. Our coverage of Asia, Europe and the US enables us to advise our clients in competition cases involving many jurisdictions around the world.
Our clients are companies in the industrial, commercial and service sectors, financial institutions, governments and governmental organisations. We advise them on a complete range of competition/antitrust, regulatory and trade issues, spanning merger control, licensing and distribution, intellectual property, restrictive practices, market dominance, State aid, cartel investigations, liberalisation, privatisation, public procurement and trade, including World Trade Organization (WTO) matters. We have a substantial litigation practice, regularly appearing in the European and national courts on EU law, antitrust/competition and trade cases. The combined strength of our competition team puts us in an unrivalled position to respond to the increasing internationalisation of antitrust enforcement and to better meet the needs of our clients for cross-border advice. In particular, we have substantial experience in co-ordinating multinational merger notification filings on major transactions, and defending clients involved in investigations into conduct in multiple jurisdictions.
Visit our website at http://www.freshfields.com/practices/antitrust/
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Connie Carnabuci
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LONDON
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Rod Carlton
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William Robinson
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Deirdre Trapp
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ROME
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SHANGHAI
Alan Wang
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TOKYO
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