Linde: advising as lead strategic counsel on the global antitrust aspects of its $90bn merger of equals with Praxair Inc. to create the world's largest industrial gas company. Our team handled merger control and foreign investment filings in 24 jurisdictions

Air France-KLM: advising Air France-KLM in respect of, and ultimately settled, the long-standing air cargo cartel litigation

The Belgian state plus several corporates: advising in relation to the European Commission’s State aid investigation into Belgian tax rulings – one of the most high-profile State aid cases of recent years

Bayer AG: advising on the $7.6 billion sale of its worldwide animal health business involving 15 merger control notifications and one foreign investment filing. The transaction went to Phase II review in 4 jurisdictions

The Hungarian Government: advising on its Phase II State aid investigation and related public procurement proceedings regarding the Paks II nuclear project, and in its intervention before the General Court of the EU following Austria’s challenge of the European Commission’s State aid decision

Sucocitrico Cutrale: advising in connection with an alleged cartel involving processors of frozen concentrated orange juice. The cartel gave rise to claims in several jurisdictions around the world and included a high-profile settlement with Brazil’s CADE

Takeda: advising on the £46bn acquisition of Shire, which was Japan's largest ever outbound deal. We coordinated merger control filings in more than 15 jurisdictions, including the EU, the US and China

BAE Systems Plc: advising on its appeal to the General Court of the European Commission’s decision concluding that the group financing exemption provided under the UK’s controlled foreign company rules partly contravened State aid rules

E.On: advising on the merger control and foreign investment aspects of E.ON’s far-reaching asset swap with RWE including a phase II review cleared subject to remedies in the EU and foreign investment and regulatory filings in seven jurisdictions

Visa: advising in respect of various actions brought before the English Courts by retailers seeking damages related to the setting and implementation of multilateral interchange fees for the Visa card payment system in Europe including a four-day Supreme Court hearing in January 2020

Jingye Group: advising the leading Chinese steelmaker, on the merger control, foreign investment and State aid implications of its agreement to acquire the business and certain assets of British Steel

Several clients: advising in relation to the European Commission’s investigations into alleged abuses of dominance by Google which resulted in the EC imposing a €2.4bn fine on Google. We represented clients in the European Courts in Google’s subsequent appeal against its fine