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Raph Fleischer is a Belgian-qualified and US educated senior antitrust/competition lawyer.
Raphael focuses his practice on a wide range of issues in global competition/antitrust law. Raphael has a particular focus on merger control, restrictive practices, compliance and cartel matters. He actively represents multinational clients across a wide range of industries.
Raph is a senior associate resident in the Brussels office of King & Spalding and is part of its Antitrust & Competition practice. He provides legal and strategic advice to companies in complex competition/antitrust matters, with a particular emphasis on global merger control, antitrust investigations (cartel and dominance abuse), vertical distribution and foreign direct investment/foreign subsidies review. He represents clients before the European Commission, national competition authorities in the EU and elsewhere and before the Belgian and European Courts.
Companies come to Raphael for commercial and pragmatic solutions on their most complex antitrust issues. He advises on all aspects of EU competition law and has substantial experience in cross-border mergers and joint ventures, high-stakes cartel investigations and complex vertical distribution structures.
Raph regularly advises public and private companies and private equity firms in phase I and phase II merger cases before the European Commission and national competition authorities. He helps clients navigate complex reviews, negotiate remedies and obtain clearance, while coordinating filings and strategy all over the world. Raph regularly counsels on competition/antitrust issues for companies active in the Energy, Aerospace&Defence, Oil&Gas, Logistics, Financial and Consumer Goods industries. As an antitrust lawyer, Raph has particular experience with counseling clients active in niche industries such as luxury (manufacture and retail), noble metals mining/extraction and with regards to the intersection between antitrust laws and ESG projects.
Raph graduated magna cum laude from Ghent University in 2011 and from the University of Chicago in 2012. He speaks English, Dutch, French and German.
Prior to joining King & Spalding, Raph was a senior associate at other world-class law firms in the Antitrust & Competition space.
LL.M., University of Chicago Law School
Master of Laws, Ghent Law School, Magna Cum Laude
Brussels
ABA Antitrust Section
Dutch
English
French
German
August 22, 2024
King & Spalding advises EGA on Majority Stake Acquisition in U.S.-based Spectro Alloys
August 6, 2024
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April 29, 2024
K&S advises VerSe Innovation, India’s biggest local language technology platform, on its cross-border acquisition of Magzter
August 14, 2024
European Union: Commission zeroes in on innovation in merger control and pay-for-delay cases
October 20, 2023
European Union: Commission Intensifies Merger Review Focus on Pipeline Products and Pay-for-Delay Cases in the Spotlight
August 9, 2023
EU Illumina-Grail Fine Cools Cos.' Merger Control Approach
August 22, 2024
King & Spalding advises EGA on Majority Stake Acquisition in U.S.-based Spectro Alloys
August 6, 2024
NCR Voyix to Sell Its Digital Banking Business to Veritas
April 29, 2024
K&S advises VerSe Innovation, India’s biggest local language technology platform, on its cross-border acquisition of Magzter
August 14, 2024
European Union: Commission zeroes in on innovation in merger control and pay-for-delay cases
October 20, 2023
European Union: Commission Intensifies Merger Review Focus on Pipeline Products and Pay-for-Delay Cases in the Spotlight
August 9, 2023
EU Illumina-Grail Fine Cools Cos.' Merger Control Approach
August 22, 2024
King & Spalding advises EGA on Majority Stake Acquisition in U.S.-based Spectro Alloys
August 6, 2024
NCR Voyix to Sell Its Digital Banking Business to Veritas
April 29, 2024
K&S advises VerSe Innovation, India’s biggest local language technology platform, on its cross-border acquisition of Magzter
LL.M., University of Chicago Law School
Master of Laws, Ghent Law School, Magna Cum Laude
Brussels
ABA Antitrust Section
Dutch
English
French
German