Antitrust lawyers

Mike Cowie

Partner

Dechert LLP

Mike Terry

Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP

Mohamed Elfar

Mohamed El Far is a counsel at Helmy, Hamza & Partners, Baker McKenzie Cairo.

Baker McKenzie, Cairo

Moira Penza

Wilkinson Stekloff

Molly Kelley

Molly Kelley is a litigation partner concentrating in government enforcement and antitrust in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Prior to joining Kirkland, Molly served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice, both at the Antitrust Division and at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana. While a federal prosecutor, Molly investigated and acted as trial counsel in a variety of criminal cases, including jury trials. She has experience prosecuting criminal antitrust conspiracies involving procurement fraud, price fixing, bid rigging, and market allocation in national and international industries. Before her government service, Molly worked at a global law firm assisting multinational clients with antitrust investigations, compliance audits, counseling, and litigation.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Monica Iacoviello

Partner Monica Iacoviello specialises in litigation, both judicial and arbitral, in civil, commercial and bankruptcy matters, with particular focus on corporate litigation, litigation regarding the acquisition of equity stakes, company boards, advisors and rating agency liability, trade law and tender contracts, abuse of dominant position, banking litigation, guarantees and credit protection and tort. She is a member of the Banks, Construction & Engineering and Luxury Focus Teams.

BonelliErede

Monica McCarroll

Partner

Redgrave LLP

Moran Bickel

Moran is a partner in the Litigation department, which specializes in representing corporations and individuals, both local and foreign, in complex litigation cases, in all areas of commercial-business law. Moran sphere of activity includes disputes between shareholders, control issues, contracts, class actions, antitrust law and securities law. Moran advises clients at all stages of litigation proceedings, from devising legal strategies that are appropriate for clients’ needs in the specific circumstances of each case, to representing them in all legal disputes, both in the courts and in arbitration and mediation proceedings.

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Morten Nissen

Morten is a partner and co-head of Bird & Bird's international Competition & EU group, and leads the practice in Denmark. He specialises in applying competition and EU law to achieve clear commercial outcomes for clients. He has more than 12 years’ experience from Brussels and advises on state aid, anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance and merger control. Morten has acted in a number of landmark cases and has extensive experience representing clients before the EU Court of Justice. His sector experience includes pharmaceuticals, media, IT, telecoms, transport and payment systems. Morten is a member of the advisory board of the World Competition, Law and Economics Journal (Kluwer) and co-author of Guide to EU Pharmaceutical Regulatory Law.

Bird & Bird Advokatpartnerselskab

Márton Horányi

Márton Horányi heads the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group in the Budapest office of Baker McKenzie. He previously headed a Big Four accounting firm's antitrust and competition practice in Budapest and led the local competition practice of a boutique law firm. Between 2007 and 2015, he practiced in the competition team of Baker McKenzie, Budapest and was seconded to the Firm's Düsseldorf office. He also gained experience in competition law as a blue book trainee at the Legal Service of the European Commission in Brussels. Márton is a lecturer at the post-graduate competition law program of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University as well as at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He regularly speaks at conferences and client events, and publishes in reputable competition law journals. Márton focuses his practice on antitrust and competition, state aid, unfair commercial practices, consumer protection, compliance matters and European law. He has extensive experience representing clients in cartel, abuse of dominance and merger cases before the Hungarian Competition Office, the European Commission, and the Hungarian and EU courts. Márton also advises on distribution issues and assists clients in developing effective compliance programs. He frequently works with clients in the pharmaceutical, retail, energy, IT/telecom and automotive industries.

Fehérváry Horányi Kovács Baker & McKenzie Attorneys-at-Law

Mélanie Bruneau

Mélanie Bruneau is a partner in the firm's Brussels office. She advises on a broad range of areas in European Law. Her practice focuses on advising clients a variety of industrial sectors, including transport, and aviation, energy, hydrogen, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and cosmetics, manufacturing, chemicals and IT on the legal aspects of their business activities, with a particular emphasis on regulatory compliance. Mélanie advises large multinationals on all aspects of EU competition law. She has significant experience in cartel investigations and sector inquiry investigations. Mélanie was also involved in the first cartel settlement and in the first hybrid cartel settlement before the European Commission. Mélanie regularly advises clients on global compliance programs regarding antitrust. She performs internal audits and compliance trainings. She frequently advises on the rules and procedures governing State aid and EU public procurement directives. In terms of compliance, Mélanie also advises on anti-corruption (including the OECD Convention, UK Bribery act and US FCPA) and on the anti-money laundering legislation. Mélanie has significant experience in advising on vertical agreements including exclusive distribution and supply as well as selective distribution and franchising. She also has lots of experience in advising on horizontal issues including joint ventures, collaboration, cooperation, R&D as well as consortium agreements. She frequently advises on resale price maintenance (RPM) and price discrimination issues on behalf of some of the largest companies in the world. Mélanie frequently advises on restrictions of active and passive sales, non compete provisions but also on termination of distribution agreements. She also advises on parallel import restrictions and more generally on free movement of goods. Mélanie regularly advises on commercial agency agreements (including on compensation and termination issues). She also advises on consumer protection legislation including unfair commercial practices as well as misleading and comparative advertising. She advises companies on distribution agreements including e-commerce cross-border issues and distribution networks in Europe. Mélanie has assisted various clients in the setting up of their commercial websites in compliance with the e-commerce, e-sign and data protection legislations. Over the past 15 years, Mélanie has developed a strong experience in a wide range of transport, aviation, ground handling and airport related matters where she advises clients on EU and French regulatory issues and complex contractual arrangements. This includes noise reduction, regulatory issues associated with the transportation of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, perishables, jewelry and high-value goods but also on slot allocation. Mélanie has advised on the emissions trading schemes (ETS) for aviation, on the guidelines for State aid to airports and airlines and on passenger rights. She also has experience in EU sanctions, customs and export controls. Mélanie is a member of the Paris and Brussels Bars. She has contributed to Practical Law Company (PLC) on international sales and marketing.

K&L Gates GP

Mélanie Thill-Tayara

Partner

Dechert LLP

Nancy Hamzo

Nancy Hamzo is a principal in the North American Transactions Group. Nancy regularly advises clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions and complex corporate transactions including multi-jurisdictional reorganizations across a variety of industries, with a particular focus on the life sciences and technology sectors. She further advises on Canadian antitrust and foreign investment matters. Nancy has been recognized as a Lexpert Rising Star: Leading Lawyer Under 40 and as a key lawyer in Legal 500 Canada 2021 for M&A. She has practiced in the Firm's Amsterdam and Chicago offices working on cross border transactions. She serves on the Firm's North America Transactions Steering Committee and sits on the steering committee for Cross-Border Transactions and Integrations. She also co-chairs the Women's Networking Initiative in the Toronto office.

Baker McKenzie

Nathaniel Asker

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Neal Potischman

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Neil Gilman

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Ngoc Hulbig

Ngoc Pham Hulbig helps clients navigate complex antitrust issues related to premerger notification for global transactions, investments, and joint ventures. Ngoc has significant experience advising market-leading global companies on: Preparing competition filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Global filing requirements Day-to-day antitrust counseling Transaction due diligence and integration planning Interlocking directorates She provides pragmatic, business-focused advice that allows companies to make strategic decisions while ensuring they mitigate risk. She regularly guides clients through a host of competition issues, including engagement with competitors, pricing and discount programs, distribution agreements, and competitive intelligence. Ngoc has represented clients in a wide range of industries, including: aviation, animal health, automotive, chemicals, credit, energy, financial services, healthcare, insurance, mutual funds, pharmaceuticals, private equity, software, technology, and transportation. Before joining Latham, she was a special counsel at another law firm.

Latham & Watkins

Niall Lynch

Niall E. Lynch, nationally recognized litigator and former DOJ Antitrust Division prosecutor, represents global companies in all aspects of complex criminal antitrust investigations and follow-on litigation. Niall combines strength and poise under fire and commercial pragmatism to help clients navigate the intricacies of DOJ antitrust investigations. He deftly handles every stage of criminal antitrust investigations, including: Negotiating compliance with agency subpoenas, including grand juries Strategically defending clients and executives Resolving agency investigations with no enforcement action Securing favorable terms in plea and deferred prosecution agreements Winning at trial He regularly guides multinationals and their executives in criminal and administrative price-fixing investigations in international antitrust and competition matters involving information exchange, algorithmic pricing, cartels, government contracts, civil conduct, and criminal investigations. He also seamlessly handles follow-on class action litigation, antitrust and compliance training, and FTC conduct investigations. Before joining Latham, Niall served as Assistant Chief in the DOJ’s San Francisco Field Office. He led several of the division’s most significant criminal prosecutions, including the liquid crystal display (LCD) and dynamic random access memory (DRAM) grand jury investigations, which resulted in US$1.6 billion in criminal fines and dozens of individual prosecutions. He also prosecuted numerous cases in the General Crimes Section while serving as a Special Assistant United States Attorney. Niall is Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section’s Cartel & Criminal Practice Committee and chaired the Executive Committee of the California State Bar’s Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section. He also previously served as Local Chair of Latham & Watkins’ San Francisco Litigation & Trial Department. He is local partner in charge of mentoring for the Bay Area and has served as Vice Chair of the firm’s Recruiting Committee and on the Associates Committee. Niall maintains an active pro bono practice, including serving on the Criminal Justice Act Panel for the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Latham & Watkins

Nicholas Boyle

Nick Boyle, Global Vice Chair of the firm's Complex Commercial Litigation Practice, represents litigants as lead counsel in their highest stakes commercial disputes, particularly those involving digital assets with an international component. Nick leverages his understanding of the global digital economy and extensive courtroom experience to craft coordinated litigation strategy, often cross-border, for a broad range of clients. He has represented investment banks, private equity funds, B2B data providers, movie studios, software and technology companies, and the world’s largest commercial real estate marketplace. He regularly appears in federal courts around the country, in New York and Delaware state court, and in multiple arbitral fora, including: The American Arbitration Association (AAA) The International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) JAMS In addition to general commercial disputes, Nick handles trade secrets and copyright matters, securities suits, unfair competition cases, employment litigation in the financial sector, and antitrust and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) cases. He has argued before the nation’s leading state appellate courts, The New York Court of Appeals and The Delaware Supreme Court. Nick regularly garners recognition from leading industry authorities. He has also served as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation since 2018. Nick prioritizes giving back to the community and maintains an active pro bono practice, including helping Ethiopian refugees navigate the asylum process. He serves on the board of the Counsel for Court Excellence, which works to improve access to the Washington, D.C., justice system. He also participates in the Economic Club of Washington, D.C.’s mentoring program for first-generation college attendees and volunteers with DC Central Kitchen programs to benefit people with limited access to career opportunities.

Latham & Watkins

Nicholas Gaglio

Partner

Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider

Nicola Ceraolo

I work as an Of Counsel in our Rome and Brussels Offices. With over 35 years of experience in utilities and energy law and regulation, information technology (e-commerce, internet law, data protection, UCP), antitrust and European law in general, I have also previously worked in M&A, product liability and international contract law. Previously, I worked in leading Italian and international law firms representing major companies in proceedings before national and foreign independent authorities, the European Commission and national and European courts, and I was corporate counsel at a major Italian listed company. As legal advisor to European and international organisations, I have contributed in these various roles to the national and European regulation of numerous industrial sectors and have contributed to the work of academic institutions and legal centres.

Bird & Bird

Nicolas Cassauba

Nicolas Cassauba is an antitrust and competition lawyer based in Hong Kong. His practice covers a broad range of competition law matters, including M&A transactions, regulatory investigations and legal compliance. Nicolas advises on antitrust regimes in Asia, global competition compliance issues, multi-jurisdictional merger filings, international cartel investigations, and other antitrust matters. He has significant experience in relation to merger control and has guided parties to complex transactions through merger approval procedures in Asia as well as before the European Commission and other competition authorities around the globe. Nicolas also frequently advises on abusive behaviour and cartel investigations in a multijurisdictional context. Nicolas has also assisted companies in the context of dawn raids conducted by the European Commission and other national competition authorities. His experience ranges across various industry sectors, including energy, air transport, telecommunications, construction, hospitality, insurance, shipping, fast moving consumer goods, life sciences and chemicals.

Norton Rose Fulbright

Nicolas Gips

Partner

S. Horowitz & Co

Nicolas Kredel

Dr. Nicolas Kredel chairs Baker McKenzie's EMEA Antitrust & Competition Practice Group as well as the Firm's global Industrials Manufacturing and Transportation Group. He also chairs Baker McKenzie's German Antitrust & Competition practice. Nicolas advises clients in EU and German competition law matters, including domestic and international cartel investigations, merger control proceedings and abuse of dominance cases. He routinely leads global projects for clients in the area of antitrust risk prevention and compliance systems, international investigations and in transactions. He also provides competition law advice on cooperation agreements with competitors as well as supply agreements and distribution systems. He has extensive experience in a variety of industries, including the automotive, telecommunications, FMCG, retail, defense, aviation and pharmaceutical sectors.

Baker McKenzie