Sam MacMahon Baldwin is a seasoned competition law practitioner with extensive expertise in advising businesses on all antitrust matters including anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance, merger control, and State aid.
He has vast experience in advocacy before national competition authorities and the European Commission and has an impressive track record of fending off accusations of wrong-doing on behalf of clients. He has represented companies in national court proceedings as well as at the EU courts in Luxembourg; e.g. case C-255/16, Falbert and T-65/06 & C-238/12 P, FLSmidth. Most recently, he formed part of the team representing DAF Trucks in case C-451/18, Tibor Trans.
Sam has handled a substantial number of merger control cases including complex and economics heavy Phase II investigations.
In 2019 and 2020, Global Competition Review recognised Sam as Future Leader of competition law in the Who's Who Legal: Competition and he is selected by the European Commission to be Non-Governmental Advisor to DG Competition for the International Competition Network ICN.
He is the founder of the network Young Competition Law Professionals and member of the panel of permanent & featured blog contributors at Kluwer Competition Law Blog where he regularly blogs about topical issues and new tendencies within EU antitrust.
Sam is native in English as well as Danish. |
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Legal500 2021, Competition
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Legal500 2021, Competition
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Chambers Europe, 2020, Competition
He delivers "practical and operational advice".
Legal500, 2019, Competition
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Legal500, 2019, Competition
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