Antonio Bavasso is a leading antitrust lawyer with extensive experience in merger reviews, government antitrust investigations, antitrust litigation, and counseling on a variety of competition issues. Antonio leads the Firm’s European antitrust and foreign investment group and is considered one of the top advisors on merger control and regulatory litigation. He is consistently recognized as a leader in Competition Law by Chambers Global, Chambers UK, Chambers Europe, and The Legal 500 UK (“Hall of Fame”), where he is described as a “Superstar” with “an exceptional understanding of the relevant law, excellent judgement, and superb skills in dealing efficiently and sensitively with clients.”

He has represented clients in obtaining antitrust approvals in numerous precedent-setting and challenging matters in the technology, media, and telecom sector. He also has extensive experience in antitrust litigation, having advised on complex merger control cases before the Competition Appeal Tribunal of the United Kingdom, the Court of Appeal, and the EU General Court.

Josh Buckland is a Partner in the Firm’s antitrust and foreign investment group. With more than 10 years of experience in obtaining governmental approvals on complex global transactions, he is known for calmly steering clients through large-scale investigations and counseling on a broad range of regulatory issues.

Josh leads on cross-border matters around the world, with a particular focus on navigating the European antitrust landscape. He regularly engages with the European Commission and the U.K.’s CMA on merger reviews (Phase 1 and 2), cartels and other antitrust investigations.

Josh is also at the forefront of European foreign investment and national security issues, having established a stellar track-record of approvals for sensitive transactions under the U.K.’s National Security and Investment Act and with national authorities throughout Europe.

Josh is a trusted advisor to leading private equity clients and other multinationals across a range of sectors, including tech, defense, media/telecoms, financial services, healthcare, industrials and retail. He possesses an insider’s perspective on the U.K.’s TMT regulatory environment, having completed a nine-month secondment to Ofcom’s Competition Group in May 2020.

Étienne Renaudeau focuses his practice on obtaining antitrust approvals of high-profile transactions, which are often cross-border and global in scope, as well as advising clients on antitrust litigation and ongoing counseling. He has represented clients in matters involving the European Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the French Competition Authority and other global competition authorities. He has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal as a 2023 “Global Elite Thought Leader – Under 45” and previously as a “Future Leader,” for six consecutive years, in the area of Competition.

Hadrien Servais leads the European Private Credit team and has extensive experience advising direct lenders, major investment banks, private capital providers and private equity sponsors. His practice focuses on cross-border acquisitions, complex banking and credit transactions, leveraged finance, opportunistic credit financings, direct loans, syndicated credit facilities and debt financing solutions spanning all market cycles.

Henry Llewellyn focuses his practice on obtaining antitrust, foreign direct investment and EU foreign subsidies regulation approvals of high-profile transactions, which are often cross-border and global in scope. He has represented clients in matters involving the European Commission, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Federal Trade Commission and other global competition authorities. 

Eline Souffriau advises financial institutions of all types on complex financings, including a wide range of direct loans and syndicated credit facilities. She advises global investment management firms, leading investment banks, private capital providers and private equity sponsors on domestic and cross-border acquisitions, unitranche facilities, holdco PIK financings, recapitalizations, leveraged financings, debt capital structures and other lending transactions.