Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Vincent Brophy practices EU and U.K. antitrust/competition law, including merger reviews and investigations of joint ventures, agreements, and practices, involving the European Commission and the competition authorities of the European Member States (including the U.K. Office of Fair Trading). His experience includes client representations in European and U.K. antitrust hearings and court proceedings. He also advises on EU business regulation generally, particularly financial services. Vincent has qualifications in English, French, and European law and is resident in the Brussels and London offices.

His regular clients include MasterCard, Chevron, Dell, Procter & Gamble, and Georgia-Pacific.

Vincent has advised on some of the biggest mergers ever to go before the European Commission, including BHP/Billiton and Procter & Gamble/Gillette. Other examples of the merger cases in which he has been involved include: Commercial Union/ASEVAL, KKR/WENDEL/Legrand, State Street Corporation/Deutsche Bank, Church & Dwight Co./SpinBrush (Procter & Gamble), and MasterCard/Europay.

Among his antitrust cases before the EU are an appeal to the European Court of First Instance against the European Commission on behalf of MasterCard, as well as defending arrangements for the FIFA World Cup 2006 and the UEFA 2008 European Championship.

Vincent is ranked as a leading antitrust lawyer in various directories. He sits on the editorial board of the European Competition Journal and is a member of the European Competition Law Forum. Prior to joining Jones Day, Vincent held university posts in European and comparative law and was an intern at the EU Commission.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
• International Cartel Investigations

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Gillette
• Acquisition of two composite manufacturing plants
• EU Commission proceedings
• EU Commission proceedings
• EU Commission proceedings
• EU Sector Inquiry
• Sale of SpinBrush business
• U.K. OFT Proceedings

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Deceptive Trade Practices, International Antitrust, International Law, International Transactions, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, RICO Act, RICO Act, Trade Regulation, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition

Bar Admissions

• Brussels, Belgium

Education

• Oxford University - England

Published Works

• Antitrust Alert: UK Competition Authority Codifies "Failing Firm" Defence to Mergers, 2008
• Conglomerate Effects Analysis in EU Merger Control: Category Management and Slottiong Allowances, paper for British Institute of International & Comparative Law, 2005
• Decline and Fall, a review of the EU takeover bids Directive, Legal Week Globa, 2003
• End of an Era, analysis of impact on M&A of several ECJ judgments, Legal Week, 2003
• EU Ruling on State Protection of Takeovers, a review of ECJ judgments on golden shares, International Financial Law Review, 2002

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