Brophy, Vincent

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Vincent Brophy practices EU and UK 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 UK Office of Fair Trading). 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 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

• Dell obtains EU State aid ruling for investment in Poland
• MasterCard appeals EC decision on interchange fees to European Court of First Instance
• MasterCard defends against EU Commission investigation into FIFA 2006 World Cup sponsorship arrangements
• MasterCard defends U.K. antitrust investigation into interchange fees for credit card transactions , (2009)
• MasterCard responds to EU Commission inquiry into sponsorship arrangements for UEFA EURO 2008 football tournament
• MasterCard responds to EU sector inquiry into financial services
• Platinum Equity acquires Owens Corning fiberglass plants , (2009)
• Procter & Gamble secures regulatory approvals worldwide for Gillette acquisition
• Procter & Gamble sells SpinBrush business for $105 million

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
• U de Paris I - France

Published Works

• Antitrust Alert: UK Office of Fair Trading ramps company directors’ responsibility for competition law compliance, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: Restoration of competition in the banking sector becomes an EU priority, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: UK Office of Fair Trading Finalises New 'Jurisdictional and Procedural Guidance' for Mergers, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: European Commission could seek more power to review "national" mergers, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: Twenty Million Euro Fine for Failure-to-File is a Reminder of the EC Merger Rules, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: UK Office of Fair Trading Accepts "Failing Firm Defence" in Retail Merger, 2009
• 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 Global, 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

Address

555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

Phones

32.2.645.15.35 (Business Phone)
44.20.7039.5192 (Other Phone)

Faxes

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Websites

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