Doug Nave heads up the European Competition Law practice in our London office. A US-qualified partner, he has a broad regulatory practice focusing on the competition laws of the EU and its Member States. Doug has represented companies in numerous economic sectors, including public media, emerging technologies, heavy industrial products, consumer branded goods, defense procurements, and retail/wholesale operations.
Doug has acted on a wide range of mergers & acquisitions, with a strong track record of winning unconditional clearances from both the European Commission and the United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading.
He counsels and represents a variety of companies in enquiries regarding their distribution practices, issues arising from potential abuse of dominance, regulatory complaints against problematic practices or transactions by suppliers, customers, or competitors, licensing of intellectual properties, and the like.
Doug's recent transactions include UK review of Findus Group's acquisition of Cumbrian Seafoods (a combination of two of the UK's three leading suppliers of fresh seafood); EU review of Sanofi's $20 billion takeover of Genzyme Corp (a hostile tender offer combining pharmaceutical suppliers of leading and emerging therapies for a number of significant health disorders); UK review of Advent International's £925 million acquisition of The Priory Group from Royal Bank of Scotland (a combination of leading independent suppliers of specialist healthcare services in the UK); EU review of Panasonic's €6 billion acquisition of Sanyo (a combination of two of the world's leading suppliers of consumer/HEV batteries and consumer electronics products); EU review of General Electric's formation of an $8 billion global finance joint venture with Mubadala Development Co; EU review of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' joint venture with rival Areva for the development and production of nuclear power stations; and EU review of Staples' $2.7 billion acquisition of Corporate Express (a combination of leading office supply chains).
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Attorney (New York, California)