IFLR 1000
The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms

	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Linklaters Slaughter and May
	Allen & Overy Ashurst Clifford Chance Gleiss Lutz Hogan Lovells Latham & Watkins Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Van Bael & Bellis White & Case
	Arnold & Porter Baker & McKenzie Bonelli Erede Pappalardo Bredin Prat Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Gide Loyrette Nouel Hengeler Mueller Herbert Smith Jones Day McDermott Will & Emery/Stanbrook O'Melveny & Myers Shearman & Sterling Sidley Austin Stibbe Uría Menéndez Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr
	Bird & Bird Covington & Burling Eubelius Garrigues Loyens & Loeff Macfarlanes Mannheimer Swartling NautaDutilh Norton Rose Salans Squire Sanders Hammonds Vinge

The stars of Van Bael & Bellis' EU competition practice are Jean-François Bellis and Markus Wellinger.Clients appreciate Wellinger's availability and flexibility, his "many languages", "big presence in Germany", "direct way of communicating [and] highly skilled legal advice".... [more]

The stars of Van Bael & Bellis' EU competition practice are Jean-François Bellis and Markus Wellinger.

Clients appreciate Wellinger's availability and flexibility, his "many languages", "big presence in Germany", "direct way of communicating [and] highly skilled legal advice". "He really understands our needs and comes up with specific solutions and tailors advice according to our requirements," says a client.

The firm as a whole also receives good feedback, notably for its "value for money" in comparison with some competitors. "They have been very good we have no complaints," says one client, another adding: "We feel very valued and they listen to our feedback; it is a very good relationship whereby we rely on their advice and expertise."

In top deals, Wellinger advised Veolia on getting phase two merger clearance for a new joint venture (Veolia Transdev) between Veolia Environment and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations before the Dutch authorities.

Wellinger also led a team before the Commission to help Hon Hai group obtain clearance on its acquisition of Sony's Mexican and Slovakian facilities for the assembly of LCD televisions, and Total for its acquisition of the Feluy polystyrene business of Polimeri.

The firm also handled a number of state aid cases relating to subsidies to the Italian and Sardinian electricity sector and for clients such as Portovesme.

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