Christopher Thomas

Acting for Google in its antitrust regulatory dialogue with the CMA and the ICO on Google's Privacy Sandbox proposals to remove third-party cookies on Chrome and develop privacy-centric alternatives

Challenging a designation as a Very Large Online Platform and the consequent imposition of additional regulatory obligations under the Digital Services Act, in proceedings before the EU Courts 

Securing merger approvals around the world for the creation of Primetals Technologies, integrating the metal production plant building businesses of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Siemens

Acting for Google challenging the European Commission's Google Shopping decision on alleged self-preferencing in Google Search before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the EU

Advising implementers of standards such as GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, LTE, AMR-WB, H.264, HEVC, xDSL and WiFi on licence negotiations and litigation across Europe, as well as in arbitration claims

Acting for Unilever Italia before the Court of Justice of the EU, challenging the failure by the Italian Competition Authority to consider an as-efficient competitor defence for exclusivity agreements

Acting for Nintendo before the Court of Justice of the EU, securing a favourable interpretation of the InfoSoc Directive concept of effective technological measures to protect copyrighted works

Obtaining merger control approval from the European Commission and the German and Austrian competition authorities for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi to combine their thermal power businesses

Acting for Orlen before the European Commission and the EU Courts, remedying the exclusionary destruction by Lithuanian Railways of the track connecting Orlen's refinery with the Latvian rail network

Acting for Novell in the European Commission proceedings against Microsoft for abusing its dominance by restricting server interoperability, and intervening before the General Court of the EU

Acting for the Swedish Performing Rights Society, before the General Court, establishing the requirement to respect and promote the diversity of Europe’s cultures when enforcing competition law

Defending a Japanese electronic component manufacturer in the European Commission's capacitors cartel investigation, as well as before the General Court of the EU

Assisting a consumer electronics manufacturer successfully defending itself against a complaint before the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato for allegedly restricting interoperability

Acting for Brown-Forman, on merger control aspects of its bids for Seagram and Allied Domecq and in its acquisition of Finlandia Vodka and Herradura