David Went
David is internationally renowned as a leading competition law specialist, having been recognised in Global Competition Review’s list of leading competition lawyers under 40 years old worldwide in 2012 and (among only a select number of barristers) in Who’s Who Legal UK Bar 2021: Competition Juniors.
Prior to returning to his roots as a barrister during 2015 (having originally been called to the bar in 1999), David’s considerable competition law experience has been acquired at two leading US law firms in Brussels and London, most recently as partner at Sidley Austin LLP. David has acted for clients (e.g., ADM, Alberto Culver, Aon, Federation Internationale de l’Automobile, GSK, Hachette, IBM, LG Electronics, Spectris, Viterra, and Western Union) on some of the most significant and complex matters over the past 16 years across the spectrum of competition law work.