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19th annual edition – revised and updated A GUIDE TO THE WORLD’S LEADING COMPETITION LAW AND ECONOMICS PRACTICES © Law Business Research Editor Introduction........................................................................................... 2 Pallavi Guniganti Global Elite ............................................................................................ 3 Editor-at-large Ron Knox Argentina ............................................................................................. 29 Australia .............................................................................................. 33 Deputy editor Austria ................................................................................................. 37 Tom Madge-Wyld Belgium ............................................................................................... 41 Senior reporters Brazil ................................................................................................... 46 Janith Aranze, Charles McConnell Brussels .............................................................................................. 53 Canada ................................................................................................ 65 Reporters Chile .................................................................................................... 72 Charley Connor, Kaela Cote-Stemmerman, China ................................................................................................... 75 Julie Jackson, Matt Richards, Ben Remaly Colombia ............................................................................................. 83 Deputy head of production Czech Republic ................................................................................... 86 Simon Busby Denmark .............................................................................................. 89 Production editor Estonia ................................................................................................ 92 Harry Turner EU claimants bar ................................................................................. 95 Finland ................................................................................................ 98 Designer France .............................................................................................. 103 James Green Germany ........................................................................................... 109 Senior subeditor Greece .............................................................................................. 115 Charlotte Stretch Hungary ............................................................................................ 118 India ................................................................................................. 121 Head of subscriptions Indonesia .......................................................................................... 127 Claire Bagnall Ireland .............................................................................................. 129 Marketing manager Israel ................................................................................................ 132 Grace Hopkins Italy ................................................................................................... 135 Japan ............................................................................................... 140 Publisher Clare Bolton Korea ................................................................................................ 144 Latvia ................................................................................................ 147 Editor-in-chief Lithuania .......................................................................................... 149 David Samuels Malaysia ........................................................................................... 151 Editorial board Mexico .............................................................................................. 154 Elizabeth Avery, Daniel Beard, Ingo Brinker, The Netherlands ............................................................................... 158 Cristina Caffarra, Marcelo Calliari, Fiona Carlin, New Zealand .................................................................................... 162 Cecil Chung, Kevin Coates, Ninette Dodoo, Norway ............................................................................................. 165 Richard Feinstein, Jamillia Ferris, Sarah Ford, Poland .............................................................................................. 168 Damien Geradin, Ilene Gotts, Jason Gudofsky, Portugal ............................................................................................ 172 Michael Han, Bojana Ignjatovic, Mark Israel, Russia ............................................................................................... 176 Thomas Janssens, Helen Jenkins, Susan Singapore ......................................................................................... 180 Jones, Katherine Kay, Nick Levy, Chong Kin Lim, Slovakia ............................................................................................ 183 Munesh Mahtani, Stephen Mavroghenis, Janet South Africa ...................................................................................... 186 McDavid, Carlos Mena Labarthe, Margot Miller, Spain ................................................................................................ 189 Anna Morfey, Elizabeth Morony, Thomas Mueller, Sweden ............................................................................................. 194 Kristina Nordlander, François Renard, George Switzerland ...................................................................................... 198 Rozanski, Greg Sivinski, Daniel Sokol, Eric Stock, Taiwan .............................................................................................. 202 Nisha Kaur Uberoi, Patricia Vidal Martínez, Sven Turkey ............................................................................................... 205 Völcker, Anne Wachsmann, Marianne Wagener, United Kingdom ............................................................................... 208 David Wales, Nicholas Woodrow United States: California .................................................................. 216 Advertising United States: Illinois ....................................................................... 223 [email protected] United States: Massachusetts ......................................................... 227 United States: New York................................................................... 231 United States: Pennsylvania ............................................................ 241 © 2018 Law Business Research Limited United States: Texas......................................................................... 244 ISSN: 1369-4561 United States: Washington, DC ........................................................ 247 Printed and distributed by Encompass Print Solutions Economics 20 .................................................................................. 264 GCR 100 2019 1 © Law Business Research THE NETHERLANDS The Netherlands The Netherlands has become a hotspot for private antitrust damages claims, with its competition bar taking on more sophisticated litigation work. ELITE Kees Schillemans entered his third year as head of ALLEN & OVERY’s but barred KLM and Schiphol from sharing information about their Dutch competition practice in 2018 following Paul Glazener’s move to respective airport investments, airport charges and marketing strat- the judiciary in 2016. In addition to its status as a global firm, the local egy. The firm is assisting KLM in its appeal against the decision. The practice continues to make strides in the Dutch market. Litigation team is also advising the country’s third-largest bank ABN AMRO in expert Peter Eijsvoogel and state aid special counsel Tom Ottervanger an investigation by the European Commission alleging that banks in work with a team that consists of two partners, three special counsel, the Netherlands blocked fintech rivals from entering the financial ser- one senior associate and 10 associates. vices market by denying them access to customer account informa- Schillemans and his team advised supermarket chain Jumbo tion even when users had given their consent. on its acquisition of 79 stores from rival Emté. The Authority for Consumers and Markets cleared the deal in Phase I, subject to Jumbo Jolling De Pree heads a strong competition practice at DE BRAUW selling regional stores to a competitor. The team is also handling sev- BLACKSTONE WESTBROEK. The firm lost partner Martijn eral cartel investigations, including representing Korean electronics de Snoep in 2018, who left to become head of the Authority for company Samsung in follow-on damages claims that arose from its Consumers and Markets. He had been at the firm for 28 years and a involvement in the cathode ray tubes cartel. partner since 2000. Helen Gornall joined the team from AkzoNobel as In other antitrust matters, the team represented KLM in the counsel in 2018. De Brauw is fully integrated with its Brussels office authority’s four-year investigation into the airline to determine if its where it works alongside its “best friend” firms – an association of links to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol led to unfair competition. The Slaughter and May, Bredin Prat, BonelliErede, Hengeler Mueller