Contacter

Simon Baxter

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Brussels)

Partner

Simon Baxter is co-head of the European Antitrust and Competition Group. He has extensive experience of European and international antitrust regimes and focuses on the antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions, as well as advising businesses on regulatory investigations and other compliance issues. He has counseled clients such as CHINALCO (Aluminum Corporation of China), General Electric, InBev, Kraft, Macquarie, Nokia Siemens Networks, Novell, American Express, BHP Billiton, Sun Chemical Corporation, J.P. Morgan and Yahoo ! on merger investigations and compliance matters before the EU Commission, the U.K.’s office of Fair Trading, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of China’s MOC and other agencies worldwide. He advised Novell on the sale of its intellectual property portfolio to Microsoft Corporation, and ArcelorMittal S.A. on its joint bid for Macarthur Coal Limited. Mr. Baxter is a regular speaker on competition law and is recognized as a leading practitioner by Legal 500, Chambers and other directories. He is described by Legal 500 EMEA 2010 as having “superb knowledge of competition law” and being “practical and business-oriented.” Chambers 2011 describes him as having a “deep knowledge of merger control.” Who’s Who Legal : Competition Lawyers & Economists 2011 also named Mr. Baxter as a leading practitioner in his field.

Distinctions

Nominee, 2017 Antitrust Writing Awards : Business, Mergers

Nominee, 2016 Antitrust Writing Awards : Business, Asian Antitrust

Nominee, 2014 Antitrust Writing Awards : Business, Mergers

Nominee, 2013 Antitrust Writing Awards : Business, Mergers

Nominee, 2012 Antitrust Writing Awards : Academic, Mergers

Contacter

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2088 | Évènements

16 oct. 2015 Bruxelles Droit et politiques de la concurrence de Bruxelles à Washington : La division atlantique Voir la documentation

17 oct. 2014 Brussels Le droit et la politique de concurrence de Bruxelles à Washington : Un pont au-dessus de l’Atlantique ? Voir la documentation

28 sept. 2012 Brussels L’antitrust vu de Washington et de Bruxelles : Un océan à traverser ? Voir la documentation

Vidéos

Simon Baxter - Antitrust law and policies from Brussels to Washington D.C. : The Atlantic divide — Simon Baxter 16 octobre 2015 Bruxelles

Articles

10252 Bulletin

Frederic Depoortere, Giorgio Motta, Ingrid Vandenborre, Michael J. Frese, Simon Baxter The EU Court of Justice deals a blow to the EU Commission’s power to close antitrust investigations with commitment decisions by ruling that they do not preclude national courts from examining whether agreements comply with antitrust rules (Gasorba / Repsol)

23 novembre 2017 819

On November 23, 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union (Court of Justice) dealt a blow to the European Commission’s (Commission) power to close antitrust investigations with commitment decisions, with its ruling in Case C-547/16 Gasorba et al. v. Repsol. The Court of Justice ruled that (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Giorgio Motta, Ingrid Vandenborre, Simon Baxter The EU Court of Justice quashes a judgment of the General Court that upheld a fine of €1.06 billion for an abuse of dominance due to implementing loyalty rebates based on exclusivity agreements (Intel)

6 septembre 2017 912

On September 6, 2017 ,the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) quashed the 2014 judgment of the General Court (GC) that upheld a fine of €1.06 billion ($1.5 billion) on Intel Corporation Inc. (Intel) for abusing a dominant market position by implementing loyalty rebates based on (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Giorgio Motta, Ingrid Vandenborre, Simon Baxter The EU Commission publishes its final report on the e-commerce sector inquiry

10 mai 2017 546

On 10 May 2017, two years after launching its e-commerce sector inquiry on 6 May 2015, the European Commission published its final report (Final Report) on the inquiry. The inquiry was opened in the framework of the Commission’s broader Digital Single Market strategy, which was aimed at (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, James S. Venit, Simon Baxter The French and German Competition Authorities publish a joint report on big data and its implications for competition law

10 mai 2016 688

Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, Simon Baxter The German Competition Authority initiates proceedings against a social network company regarding potential abuse of dominance (Facebook)

2 mars 2016 405

The German Federal Cartel Office (the FCO) has announced that it has initiated proceedings against Facebook for the company’s alleged abuse of its dominant position in a market for social networks. The FCO appears to be taking the position that, as a firm with a possibly dominant position, (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, Simon Baxter The EU Court of Justice rules on retroactive loyalty rebates (Post Danmark II)

6 octobre 2015 844

On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (the ECJ) issued an important judgment clarifying the application of Article 102 to retroactive loyalty rebates (Post Danmark AS, Case C 23/14). The case, which had been referred to the ECJ by the Danish Commercial Court, concerned rebates for (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, Simon Baxter The Chinese MOFCOM cracks down on failures to notify qualifying mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures (FJEI / FPID) (Nanjing Puzhen / Bombardier Sweden) (BestTv / Microsoft)

29 septembre 2015 754

This article has been nominated for the 2016 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. China’s Anti-Monopoly Law requires businesses to notify transactions to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) for merger control review, so long as the parties meet (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, Simon Baxter The EU Commission launches an antitrust sector inquiry into the e-commerce sector

6 mai 2015 199

On May 6, 2015, the European Commission (Commission) launched an antitrust sector inquiry into the e-commerce sector. This sector inquiry is part of the Commission’s broader Digital Single Market Strategy, which aims inter alia to improve access for consumers and businesses to online goods and (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, Simon Baxter The EU Commission issues merger reform White Paper regarding minority shareholdings and member state referrals

9 juillet 2014 1724

This article has been nominated for the 2014 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. On July 9, 2014, the European Commission published its proposal (White Paper) outlining the approach it intends to adopt with respect to the application of the (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, James S. Venit, Simon Baxter The EU General Court upholds in its entirety the Commission’s decision imposing a fine on a microprocessor manufacturer for abusing a dominant position in the market for desktop and laptop microprocessors (Intel)

12 juin 2014 868

In a long-awaited judgment issued on June 12, 2014, the General Court upheld in its entirety the European Commission’s May 13, 2009, decision imposing a fine of €1.06 billion ($1.5 billion) on Intel for abusing a dominant position in the market for x86 CPUs. In particular, the court upheld the (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, James S. Venit, Simon Baxter The EU institutions reach compromise on EU Directive on private damage actions

18 mars 2014 288

EU Institutions Reach Compromise on EU Directive on Private Damage Actions* On March 18, 2014, representatives of the European Commission (the Commission), the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached a compromise in relation to key provisions of the proposed EU (...)

Andrew L. Foster, Frederic Depoortere, Simon Baxter The Chinese MOFCOM introduces simplified merger review provisions to improve process

25 février 2014 241

China Introduces Simplified Merger Review Provisions to Improve Process*Over the past several years, companies engaging in mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures have been subject to long and unpredictable competition reviews for transactions notified in China. Although China’s Anti-Monopoly (...)

Andrew L. Foster, Simon Baxter The Chinese MOFCOM clears an acquisition in the desktop hard drive disks market but imposes both structural and behavioral remedies (Western Digital / Hitachi)

2 mars 2012 571

This article has been nominated for the 2013 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. Companies contemplating global mergers,acquisitions and joint ventures should be aware that the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), China’s antitrust agency tasked (...)

Andrew L. Foster, Simon Baxter The Chinese MOFCOM conditionally approves the acquisition of the HDD business of a South Korean electronics company by a US competitor (Seagate / Samsung)

12 décembre 2011 556

Companies contemplating global mergers,acquisitions and joint ventures should be aware that the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), China’s antitrust agency tasked with merger control, is increasingly imposing competition remedies exceeding those required by the European Commission, U.S. Federal (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, James S. Venit, Simon Baxter The European Commission revises competition rules regarding horizontal cooperation agreements

14 décembre 2010 166

On December 14, 2010, the European Commission (the Commission) published a package of measures containing revised rules and guidelines for the assessment of cooperation agreements between competitors (horizontal cooperation agreements). In particular, these measures provide new and more (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, James S. Venit, Simon Baxter The EU General Court confirms fine imposed by the Commission for abuse of dominant position in the market for reverse-vending machines (RVM) used to collect used beverage containers focusing on exclusive agreements and loyalty-based rebates (Tomra)

9 septembre 2010 435

On September 9, 2010, the General Court of the EU (the Court) issued its judgment in Tomra vs. Commission (Case T-155/06), dismissing an appeal brought by Tomra against a European Commission decision imposing a €24 million fine for abuse of its dominant position in Germany, Austria, Sweden, the (...)

Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, James S. Venit, Simon Baxter The EU General Court imposes a high burden on the Commission to refuse access to its confidential records (Editions Odile Jacob)

9 juin 2010 236

On June 9, 2010, the EU’s General Court (Court) issued its judgment on an appeal by Editions Odile Jacob (EOJ) against a decision by the European Commission (the Commission) refusing to disclose certain documents relating to the Commission’s review under the EC Merger Regulation of the (...)