Daniel is a senior associate in our London antitrust, competition and trade team.
Daniel advises clients on a variety of EU, UK and multi-jurisdictional competition law and digital regulatory matters, including merger control, large-scale behavioural investigations and litigation, advisory mandates and directors disqualification. Daniel advises many global clients from a variety of sectors, with a particular focus in the digital and tech space.
Based in our London office, Daniel has also previously worked in our Brussels and Washington D.C. antitrust teams. In 2018, Daniel was seconded to the Policy and International team of the UK Competition and Markets Authority to assist with its preparations for the UK's departure from the European Union and the future UK competition regime.
Daniel's experience includes advising:
- Rolls-Royce SMR on its partnership with CEZ Group to deploy SMRs in the UK and Czechia.
- Warburg Pincus on its acquisition of Specialist Risk Group.
- A global client in connection with the CMA's market investigation into veterinary services for household pets.
- Compass Group on its acquisition of CH&CO.
- Mars, Incorporated on its acquisition of Hotel Chocolat Group plc.
- Aristocrat Leisure in relation to its $1.2bn acquisition of Nasdaq-listed Neogames.
- Schenk Process Group in relation to the $730m sale of its food and performance materials business to Hillenbrand, Inc.
- The Independent Directors Committee of Qualtrics in relation to its $12.5bn sale to a consortium of Silver Lake and CPPIB.
- A global tech company in relation to the co-ordination of ongoing proceedings and inquiries before the European Commission and other global competition authorities.
- A global tech company on its defence and succesful resolution of a CMA Chapter II investigation.
- Auction Technology Group plc on merger control aspects of its acquisition of Live Auctioneers, LLC.
- A global tech company on its appeal before the European General Court and ongoing further appeal before the European Court of Justice in relation to procedural matters related to an Article 102 investigation.
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on the merger control aspects of its joint venture with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
- CVC Capital Partners on the merger control aspects of its strategic partnership investment in PRO14 Rugby.
- A global tech company in relation to the CMA's Online Platforms and Digital Advertising Market Study.
- Two individuals in the first applications heard by the High Court in the context of directors disqualification for breaches of UK competition law and successfully securing permission for the individuals to act as directors.
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