Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Bernard Amory has practised competition law in Brussels since 1984. While working as an official in the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, he was in charge of the application of the competition rules in the telecommunications sector and played a key role in the liberalisation of the European telecommunications market. He has extensive experience as a Commission official and as a private practitioner in dealing with joint ventures, strategic alliances, and mergers and acquisitions (on behalf of both notifying parties and third parties), as well as abuses of dominant position, cartel investigations, and state aid matters before the Commission and the European courts. Some of the leading merger cases in which Bernard has represented the notifying party include: BT/MCI (1) and (2), BT/AT&T, Total/Petrofina, and Procter & Gamble/Gillette. He also acts for intervening parties and complainants in merger cases, such as for Apple in Sony/BMG, Tele Denmark in Telia/Telenor, and ATT in MCI/WorldCom/Sprint.

Bernard's recent or ongoing representations relating to Article 81 (restrictive practices) include: the air cargo case for American Airlines, the vitamins case for Aventis, the marine hoses case for Parker Hannifin, the paper and forestry products case for UPM, the industrial bags case for UPM, the bananas case for Dole, the credit card investigation for MasterCard, the O2/T-Mobile infrastructure sharing and national roaming case on behalf of O2, and the Apple iTunes pricing investigation. He also has significant experience in Article 82 (abuses), including the roaming case on behalf of O2 and Microsoft on behalf of a third party. His experience on state aid and state measures include the representation of BUPA in the risk equalisation scheme in Ireland and work for Bouygues.

Bernard is ranked by Chambers in the top 20 competition lawyers in Brussels among the 96 leading competition lawyers. In view of the extensive competition work he did for telecommunications companies in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, Bernard was named "Lawyer of the Year" for regulatory communications by Who's Who Legal. He also has been selected as one of the world's top 20 lawyers by the Commercial Lawyer 2000. Bernard has served as a member of the council of the Business Law Section of the International Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
• International Cartel Investigations
• Antitrust Litigation
• State Aid
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• Government Regulation
• Telecommunications Regulation
• Telecommunications
• Automotive

Representative Cases

• Base N.V. v. The Brussels Region
• In re Vitamins Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1285 (D.D.C.)
• Acquisition of Advanced Medical Optics , (2009)
• Acquisition of GE Americom
• Acquisition of Gillette
• Acquisition of Guidant Businesses
• Acquisition of INVISTA
• Acquisition of Sophia S.A.
• Alliance of European Mobile Telecommunications Operators
• Cartel Investigation
• Directory Inquiry Litigation
• EC Air Cargo Cartel Investigation , (2009)
• Elf Aquitaine Acquisition
• Increase of Stake in Nordic Satellite AB
• Joint Venture with British Airways and Iberia
• LucasVarity Acquisition
• Marine Hose Cartel Investigation , (2009)
• Merger Opposition
• Methionine Cartel Investigation
• Methylglucamine Criminal Investigations
• New Skies Satellites Acquisition
• Nokian Tyres Transaction
• Numerous Transactions
• Peugeot Citroën Joint Venture
• Regulatory and Competition Counseling
• Sale of Animal Nutritional Feed Additives Business
• Sale of European tissue and towel business
• Sorbates Cartel Investigation
• State Aid
• State Aid Matter
• Strategic Alliance With Nissan
• T-Mobile Infrastructure Sharing and National Roaming Agreement
• U.K. OFT Proceedings
• Vitamins Cartel Investigation

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Complex Litigation, Copyrights, Deceptive Trade Practices, Defense Contracts, Federal Contracts, Food & Drug Administration, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Construction Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Procurement, Housing & Urban Development, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Transactions, Law Enforcement Agencies, Litigation & Appeals, Medicare & Medicaid, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Patents, RICO Act, RICO Act, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, State & Local Agencies, State & Municipal Contracts, Trade Regulation, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, Veterans' Affairs, Welfare

Bar Admissions

• Belgium

Education

• U Catholique-Louvain - Belgium
• College St Vincent Soignies

Published Works

• Antitrust Alert: European Commission Promoting Class Action in European Union, 2009
• Jones Day and ECTA Publish European Regulatory Scorecard for 2008, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: European Commission Issues Long Awaited Guidance on Abuse of Dominant Position, 2008
• Antitrust Alert: U.S. and EU Antitrust Authorities Impose Extraordinary Fines in Two New Enforcement Actions, 2008
• Antitrust Alert: EU Adopts New Regulation For European Community Air Transportation, 2008
• Antitrust Alert: EC Merger Control: Remedies Remedied, and Yet Another Public Consultation, 2008
• Jones Day and ECTA Publish European Regulatory Scorecard for 2007, 2008
• Jones Day and ECTA Publish European Regulatory Scorecard for 2006, 2006
• Jones Day and ECTA Publish European Regulatory Scorecard for 2005, 2005
• Jones Day and ECTA Publish Second European Regulatory Scorecard, 2004
• Jones Day Publishes First European Regulatory Telecommunications Scorecard, 2002
• Recent Developments in International Cartel Enforcement:The EU's New Leniency Notice, 2002

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