Biography: Competition

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John Davies is a UK lawyer and a partner in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. He is the co-head of the firm's antitrust, competition and trade group and he divides his time between the Brussels and London offices. He served as managing partner of the firm's Brussels office for over 10 years, having founded the office in 1989. Before joining the firm, John worked as a case officer in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition.

John's practice focuses on competition and regulatory matters at both European and national levels, including the co-ordination of cases before several different competition authorities in major international transactions and investigations.

His recent experience includes representing Comcast in the EC and international merger control aspects of its acquisition of majority control of NBC Universal from GE; PepsiCo in the European Commission's investigation into abuse of dominance by Coca-Cola and its recent acquisition of bottling operations; Suez/Distrigas in relation to formal settlement proceedings following the European Commission's investigation into long-term gas supply contracts; Total, Zurich Financial Services and Wyeth into sectoral inquiries by the European Commission. His other regular clients include AB InBev, Carlson, Mitsui, Solvay and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

John is a visiting senior fellow at King's College, University of London and is a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN). He is recognised as a leading competition law practitioner in the principal legal directories and a number of guides. John speaks English and French.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) practice comprises over 50 partners and 250 members in total. Our ACT specialists are based in Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, the UK and the USA. Our coverage of Asia, Europe and the US enables us to advise our clients in competition cases involving many jurisdictions around the world. London office:

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