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Band 1 – Competition: EUChambers Europe 2025 (Belgium)
"Highly experienced, very commercial and practical, and easy to work with."Chambers Europe 2025 (Belgium)
"A true 'one team' made up of very high caliber partners and associates with high quality, practical and business oriented advice."The Legal 500 EMEA 2025 (Belgium)
"The team's knowledge and experience are second to none and the reliability of its timely advice is superb."Chambers Europe 2023 (Belgium)
"The Latham & Watkins Brussels team is extremely strong. It has a very pragmatic approach and is always available for clients."Chambers Europe 2023
Belgium Life Sciences Firm of the YearLMG Life Sciences Awards 2023
"Latham & Watkins has really reached the top level in Brussels."Chambers Europe 2024 (Belgium)
"The law firm complements its practice with expertise in State Aid matters, including high-profile cases that relate to tax rulings for individual companies."Chambers Europe 2024 (Belgium)
"The team differentiates itself through its in-depth knowledge of the subject matter. You are getting the best in the business."Chambers Europe 2024 (Belgium)
"Latham & Watkins maintains its spot in the top band based on ongoing recognition of its repertoire and performance. The law firm showcases recent experience in phase I and II EU merger investigations into transactions in the healthcare, telecommunications and heavy industry sectors, as well as impressive behavioural mandates."Chambers Europe 2025 (Belgium)
Latham’s Brussels office serves as the hub of the firm’s highly regarded European antitrust and competition practice as well as our European regulatory practice.
Our multilingual team hails from across the European Union and is well-suited to handle cross-border matters. Our lawyers deftly navigate complex competition issues, routinely representing clients before the European Commission, national competition authorities in EU Member States, and the EU courts, coordinating closely with colleagues across our global offices.
We offer comprehensive insights to address clients’ most pressing regulatory and compliance needs, including advice on antitrust, merger control, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), foreign direct investment (FDI), the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), and broader EU regulatory advocacy and guidance.
The Brussels office joins in Latham’s commitment to giving back to the communities where we live and work. Our ongoing pro bono causes include assisting non-governmental organizations with matters spanning numerous areas of European Union law and international law.
The firm and three lawyers were honored with major awards, including Deal of the Year and Lawyer of the Year.
Global Competition Review’s list honors the world’s leading antitrust practitioners, recognizing their influential contributions and achievements in the field.
A Brussels and Düsseldorf-based Latham antitrust team, led by Sven Völcker and Dr. Michael Esser, successfully persuaded the European Commission to close without action or remedy, its interim measures investigation against Lufthansa.
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