Competition lawyers

Charles Shen

合伙人

Hui Ye Law Firm

Charles Webster

Charles Webster is a Trade Mark Attorney and has a BSc (Computer Science) and an LLB. He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. With over three decades of experience as a trade mark practitioner, Charles specializes in litigation – in particular, trade mark and copyright infringement, passing off, unlawful competition, Advertising Regulatory Board complaints, company name objections and domain name disputes. He has expert knowledge of all aspects of IP portfolio management and acts for a number of local and global blue-chip companies.

Spoor & Fisher

Charles Whiddington

Partner - Charles Whiddington represents companies in cartel and other antitrust investigations. He also provides strategic advice on licensing, assists clients to shape their distribution networks, and provides advice and representation on the competition aspects of mergers and joint-ventures. Over the years, Charles has represented a number of clients involved in national and international cartel investigations in a range of sectors including banking, airlines, liner shipping, energy, automotive, and travel agency fees. He has also advised electricity and gas companies in the European Commission's sector inquiries, antitrust investigations concerning third party access, as well as the application of electricity and gas network codes. Charles regularly acts in the energy, transport, and life sciences sectors and has successfully represented other clients on a wide array of antitrust and competition matters.

Steptoe LLP

Charlotte Breuvart

Jones Day

Chris Ross

Chris is a highly experienced litigator specialising in competition litigation, commercial and banking disputes. He has represented parties both bringing and defending competition law disputes and has extensive experience of acting in collective actions before the Competition Appeal Tribunal. He has particular expertise in group actions and litigation funding arrangements. He has acted for clients across a variety of matters including shareholder disputes, matters related to complex derivatives and other structured products. His clients include high net worth individuals, company directors and sophisticated institutional investors. He is a Solicitor Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience.

RPC

Chris Worrall

Chris Worrall is a partner and head of the competition team at Burges Salmon. Chris has worked on numerous high profile antitrust matters and specialises in all aspects of UK and EU competition law, including antitrust investigations, cartels, abuse of market power, and merger control. Chris has extensive experience across a range of sectors, including financial services, media, transport, healthcare and retail.

Burges Salmon LLP

Christelle Nouhaud

Associate

Behring

Christian Bendiksen

Christian Bendiksen is one of Norway’s leading lawyers whitin the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence. He has more than ten years of experience in licensing AI-based systems as well as extensive knowledge of issues concerning access to training data, data protection and database infringement issues, as well as assembling, licensing and access control to IoT-data streams. Christian has a French master’s degree in law and is a qualified English solicitor (England & Wales) and has a broad range of experience within international contracts, cross-border licensing and export issues. He writes the commentary to the Norwegian Export Control Act for the Karnov Publishing House. Christian was previously the partner responsible for public procurement law at a previous law firm and has more than 20 years of experience with handling procurement issues for Norwegian and foreign clients, and has lectured extensively on the issue both in Norway and abroad. He is ranked by the Norwegian financial newspaper Finansavisen as one of the leading lawyers within technology and digitalisation, lectures on those issues for the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and the legal course provider JUC as well as for other organisations and clients.

Advokatfirmaet Bull AS

Christian Karhula Lauridsen

Christian is a partner in Plesner's EU and Competition Law team, and he has extensive experience in the most complex and largest competition law investigations and litigation matters involving cartels, abuses, and damages. Together with the team, Christian was the first in Denmark to file negative declaratory actions ("torpedoes") in competition-related cases and the only one in Denmark to have practical experience with both the European Commission's leniency programme and settlement procedure. According to international ranking firms, Christian is considered by clients to be "top-notch for complicated issues," a "strategic mastermind," "extremely analytical and straightforward," and "particularly strong on complex investigations, where every stone needs to be turned." He "thinks outside the box," "has great business acumen," and "is brilliant, always convincing, and extremely impressive in the courtroom" (Chambers and Legal 500). Christian holds a combined Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Copenhagen and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, as well as a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in competition law, EU law, and IP law from the University of Cambridge (Jesus College). He served as an associate professor at Copenhagen Business School after receiving a secondment to work at Carlsberg's group secretariat. Christian has served as chairman of the Danish Competition Law Society. He is admitted to the Supreme Court of Denmark. Plesner's EU and Competition Law team consists of highly specialised lawyers and economists, some with experience from previous employment with the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority, the Danish Public Prosecutor's Department, Danish Courts, the Ministry of Justice, the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement, and the corporate sector. The team has a conscious focus on both a deep commercial understanding of the client's needs and genuine teamwork while constantly challenging conceptions, methods, and analyses.

Plesner

Christina Heiberg-Grevy

Partner, Attorney

Poul Schmith

Christina Kufer

Christina Kufer, LL.M. (LSE) is a Counsel in Fieldfisher's Berlin office and advises on Intellectual Property. Her expertise in the field of Intellectual Property includes Trademark, Competition, Copyright and Design Law as well as issues related to E-Commerce and Consumer Protection. The focus of her work is on providing legal support in the design of products, services and marketing campaigns, drafting license and distribution agreements, and advising on the establishment of innovative business models. As a specialist lawyer in Intellectual Property, she also represents start-ups, medium-sized companies, and international corporations in both out-of-court and in-court disputes concerning trademarks, designs and copyrights as well as in matters of competition law. A particular focus of her work is advising on green advertising and greenwashing. Christina Kufer, LL.M. (LSE) is listed in the Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers 2024 as "Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch" in the field of Intellectual Property Law. The IP Stars Ranking has recognized her as “Rising Star” in the field of Intellectual Property since 2023. She has been active as a journalist for many years and regularly gives keynotes and workshops. Her articles have been published in Süddeutsche Zeitung, Spiegel Online, FAZ, Markt & Mittelstand, Lebensmittelzeitung and legal journals, among others. Publications/Citations (Selection): She has published/been cited in the following articles (in German): "Das EuGH-Urteil mk advokaten/MBK Rechtsanwälte und die aktuelle Diskussion um Rückrufpflichten bei Unterlassungsansprüchen", WRP 2020 (paywall) "Wiederaufnahme des Verfahrens nach Rücknahme des Widerspruchs gegen Markenanmeldung II", GRUR-Prax 2021 (paywall) "Wichtige Details für Unternehmen aus der Energiesparverordnung", Markt & Mittelstand 2022 "Bedeuten die Pläne der EU-Kommission das Aus für grüne Werbeclaims?", FAZ, 2022 (paywall) "Dürfen Mitbewerber bei Datenschutzverstößen klagen? ", Markt und Mittelstand 2023 "Brüssel gefährdet Logos von Bioland & Co.", Lebensmittelzeitung, 2023 (paywall) "Werben mit Umweltaussagen wird erheblich teurer", Lebensmittelzeitung 2023 (paywall) Keynotes (Selection): "Zwischen zulässigem Green Advertising und irreführendem Greenwashing: Was darf grüner Content?", Filmfest Cologne 2022 "Zulässiges Green Advertising oder schon irreführendes Greenwashing?", Move Nachhaltigkeitskonferenz 2022 "Unternehmen im Spannungsfeld zwischen Green Marketing und Greenwashing", GSN Summit 2023 "Green Marketing oder Greenwashing: Was ist erlaubt und wo liegen Risiken für die Führungsebene?", Deutscher Anwaltstag 2023

Fieldfisher

Christina Vladescu

Christina Vladescu is a Partner in the litigation and arbitration practice group at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii. As a former judge, she has built up a recognized business litigation practice by effectively combining a thorough understanding of the local judicial system with impressive advocacy skills gained as a trusted legal adviser and pleading lawyer. Such an in-depth knowledge has been pivotal in her achieving favourable results for the firm’s clients before Romanian courts at all levels, including the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the Constitutional Court of Romania. Christina Vladescu has argued and briefed numerous complex civil and commercial cases, especially in matters concerning ownership and other real rights (restitution claims for nationalized properties and expropriation, disputes on real estate transactions), civil and commercial agreements, enforcement, various contractual and tort liability cases, corporate law litigation (shareholder disputes, withdrawals and buy-outs from the company, annulment of GMS resolutions) as well as unfair competition and insolvency matters. Christina Vladescu also has a strong track record of success in handling disputes from a mixture of legal areas such as administrative-contentious (fiscal and customs matters, disputes involving public procurement and concessions), family and labour law. In addition, she has an important practice in managing arbitration cases.

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

Christine Laciak

Special Counsel

Freshfields

Christoph Gasser

Christoph Gasser (Dr. iur. (Bern); LLM (Michigan)) is a partner and the head of the firm's IP/TMT department. His long-standing practice includes advice and litigation in all areas of intellectual property and information technology law as well as trademark and design prosecution. Christoph Gasser is the executive secretary of the Swiss IP association INGRES (Institut für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz). He also serves as an adjunct judge at the Swiss Federal Patent Court, a court expert, and an expert examiner for the Swiss Patent Bar examination. Moreover, he is a frequent conference speaker and has written substantial publications on intellectual property law.

Valfor Attorneys-at-law

Christoph Haid

Partner

Schoenherr (Schönherr Rechtsanwälte)

Christoph Raab

Counsel, specialised in national and eu competition law, national and eu merger control, private enforcement - proceedings before civil courts, compliance and internal investigations / eDiscovery audits.

Binder Grösswang

Christophe Pecnard

Partner

Nomos

Christophe Rapin

lic. iur., Attorney at Law (Geneva and Brussels), Of Counsel, DEA in European Law About Christophe Rapin is a business law attorney who practices in particular in the areas of public economic law (regulatory law), including competition law, international trade and distribution, financial services and data protection. Admitted to the Geneva and Brussels Bars, he practices Swiss and European law. He is recognized as an experienced specialist in the legal and economic aspects of business relations between Switzerland and the EU. In particular, he assists Swiss and foreign companies in their cross-border activities, more specifically in regulated areas. Christophe Rapin is also active in mergers and acquisitions law, again more specifically in regulated areas (financial services, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, foodstuffs, waste management, energy, etc.).

Kellerhals Carrard

Christopher Anand Daniel

Managing Partner

Advocatus Law LLP

Christopher Holding

Partner

Goodwin

Christopher Thomas

Partner

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Christopher Walugembe

Partner

ASAR - Al Ruwayeh & Partners

Christopher Yates

Chris Yates, former Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice, litigates precedent-setting cases across the US, with particular focus on monopolization and sports antitrust litigation. Chris leverages more than three decades experience at the forefront of antitrust law to guide household brands and world-leading sports and entertainment properties through nuanced and novel competition issues, including: Defending challenges to sports governing bodies and organizations Claims at the intersection of IP and antitrust Protecting distribution, pricing policies, and go-to-market strategies Industry group’s ability to set standards Allegations of aftermarket monopolization Successfully mitigating class actions He has a track record of success in federal trial courts across the country, including in California, New York, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Illinois, and Delaware, and has won appeals before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and other courts of appeal. Chris regularly speaks on current antitrust litigation issues and is an active member of the American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section. Chris maintains an active pro bono practice, including work on behalf of seniors — for which he and his team received the Justice Walker Pro Bono Award — as well as for veterans and Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), an organization that focuses on unaccompanied and separated children’s rights in the US. Chris also served on the firm’s Associates Committee and Income Partner and Counsel Committee.

Latham & Watkins

Chun Yong Cheong

Partner; Competition

Raja, Darryl & Loh