EU: Freshfields has new global antitrust head

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed partner Thomas Janssens as its global competition practice head.

Thomas Janssens is a partner in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s antitrust, competition and trade group, based in the Brussels office.

Thomas specialises in EU and Belgian competition law, with particular expertise in the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) sector He represents clients on the full range of antitrust matters including merger control, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, before the European Commission and national competition authorities.

Thomas also regularly represents clients before the European Court of Justice and national courts. In the TMT sector, he advises a variety of media, telecoms, entertainment and technology companies. He is recognised in his fields of expertise (antitrust/competition and TMT) in a number of legal directories including Chambers (Global and European guides), Legal 500, PLC Which lawyer and the International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers.

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