Henryde la Barre d'Erquelinnes

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Henry de la Barre's practice primarily focuses on antitrust and competition law matters, both at the European Union (EU) and national levels. He advises major national and international companies in their proceedings with the European Commission (EC) and the National Competition Authorities in Belgium and other EU Member States. Henry's competition law experience includes merger control, anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance, and State aid. He is regularly involved in merger filings before national authorities and the EC.

Henry assists clients in various industries. He has developed a thorough knowledge of the energy sector and several heavy industry segments. In recent years, Henry has assisted clients in obtaining antitrust clearances around the globe in several complex multijurisdictional transactions where he has acted as lead associate.

In addition to competition and antitrust procedures, he has been involved in proceedings before the Belgian telecom regulator and the EC for several matters concerning the EU Electronic Communications Code and the EU Roaming Regulation.

Experience

  • Korean Air obtains EU antitrust approval of acquisition of Asiana AirlinesJones Day advised Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd in securing EU merger control clearance following the European Commission's in-depth investigation of its landmark acquisition of Asiana Airlines, Inc., bringing together the two largest airlines in South Korea.
  • Tom&Co sold to VerlinvestJones Day assisted the shareholders of Tom&Co, a pet retail chain based in Brussels, market leader in Belgium/Luxembourg, in connection with the sale of a majority stake to Verlinvest SA, an investment company backed by the Belgian family shareholders of the controlling group of AB-InBev.
  • Valmet completes statutory merger with NelesJones Day served as global merger control and foreign direct investment counsel to Valmet Oyj (excluding Finland) in its statutory merger with Neles Corporation.
  • Luminus acquires Essent BelgiumJones Day advised Luminus SA (a subsidiary of EDF SA) on the antitrust and merger control aspects of its acquisition of Essent Belgium NV.
  • Bombardier sells transportation business to Alstom for €6.2 billionJones Day served as antitrust and French corporate counsel in the €6.2 billion sale of Bombardier Inc.'s transportation business to Alstom S.A.
  • Suez sells Suez Nordic to Prezero InternationalJones Day advised Suez SA, a French utilities company, in the sale of Suez Nordic AB to Prezero International GmbH, a subsidiary of the Schwarz Group.
  • NVIDIA acquires Mellanox Technologies for approximately $7 billionJones Day advised NVIDIA Corporation in its acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., an Israel-based leading supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions and services for servers and storage.
  • OMNOVA acquired by Synthomer plc for $824 millionJones Day advised OMNOVA Solutions Inc. in its $824 million acquisition by Synthomer plc, a United Kingdom-based specialty chemical company.
  • Arsenal Capital Partners acquires HistoGeneX and Caprion BiosciencesJones Day advised Arsenal Capital Partners on major investments in HistoGeneX and Caprion Biosciences and the subsequent combination of the two businesses.
  • Arsenal Capital Partners acquires Seal for Life Industries from Berry Global Group Inc. for $328 millionJones Day advised Arsenal Capital Partners on the $328 million acquisition of Seal for Life Industries from Berry Global Group Inc.
  • Procter & Gamble sells its Fluocaril and Parogencyl oral care brands to UnileverJones Day advised The Procter & Gamble Company in the sale of its Fluocaril and Parogencyl oral care brands to Unilever.
  • Transportation company seeks advice in merger of Siemens and AlstomJones Day assisted a transportation company in relation to the merger of Siemens AG's Mobility Division with Alstom SA.
  • Materion acquires Heraeus' target materials businessJones Day advised Materion Corporation, a global supplier of highly engineered advanced enabling materials, in its $30 million acquisition of the principal portion of the high-performance target materials business of the Heraeus Group.
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    January 2024 External Publications

    Untangling the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, European Competition and Regulatory Law Review (CoRe), Volume 8, Issue 1 (2024)

    May 2022 Reprint

    Dual Distribution in the Digital Age: The European Commission Drafts New Competition Rules, (CPI Antitrust Chronicle)

    February 2021 Newsletters

    Global Merger Control Update | Winter 2021

    February 2020 Newsletters

    Global Merger Control Update 2020

    August 2019 Reprint

    Transaction "Designed" to Evade Merger Control Leads to U.S. and EU Penalties The M&A Lawyer, 2019, Issue 7

    July 2019 Commentary

    European Commission Revives "Interim Measures" in Antitrust Investigations

    July/August 2019 External Publications

    Transaction 'Designed' To Evade Merger Control, The M&A Lawyer, Volume 23, Issue 7

    June 14, 2019 External Publications

    Beyond Alstom-Siemens: Is there a need to revise competition law goals?, Concurrences N° 4-2019

    April 2019 Commentary

    EU's Highest Court Expands Cartel Damages Liability for Corporate Parents and Successors

    March 2019 External Publications

    Economic Evidence In Merger Review: EU's Highest Court Clarifies Rights Of Defense, The M&A Lawyer, Volume 23, Issue 3
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    Additional Publications

    • March 2018
      Commission Expansionism in EU Merger Control - Fact and Fiction
    • June 2016
      EU roaming regulation IV: implementation challenges ahead

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