Linklaters LLP

Linklaters LLP leverages its international reach to support clients in the merger control elements of multijurisdictional deals, including working with colleagues across Milan, London, Dusseldorf, Brussels and Paris in advising Novo Holdings in its $16.5bn acquisition of Catalent. The team’s foreign investment and cartels offerings run alongside its merger control work, and its financial services, healthcare and life sciences, and energy sector expertise is a key element of the practice. Antonia Sherman heads the team from Washington DC, with longstanding experience of merger clearance both within the U.S. and internationally. Sherman is particularly noted for her experience in Latin American jurisdictions. In New York, Tom McGrath brings expertise regarding life sciences and chemicals matters, and intellectual property licensing, while John Eichlin is a go-to for clients in the technology, financial services, and pharmaceuticals industries.