Conor Opdebeeck-Wilson’s practice focuses on competition law and regulatory affairs.

Conor – a national of Australia, Canada, and Ireland – assists clients before the European Commission and Courts and in proceedings in European member states.

His industry experience focuses on work with technology firms and financial institutions, including in the context of global merger reviews, behavioral investigations, and litigation. Conor also has considerable experience advising on developing compliance frameworks to address enforcement and regulatory requirements in the technology sector and beyond. In particular, he has helped clients understand and comply with recent landmark digital regulations in Europe and elsewhere.

Conor joined the firm in 2014 and became a partner in 2024.

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Notable Experience

  • Google in connection with:

    • The Digital Markets Act (DMA) and other tech regulations;
    • European and national merger and antitrust investigations, including Google Shopping, Google’s acquisition of Fitbit (named “Merger Control Matter of the Year – Europe” by Global Competition Review), and the CMA’s Privacy Sandbox investigation; and
    • Its appeal of the Google Shopping decision to the General Court and European Court of Justice.

  • Booking Holdings in its appeal to the General Court against the Commission’s prohibition of the Booking/eTraveli deal, on the company’s compliance with the DMA, and on a range of other counselling and regulatory questions in Europe and internationally.

  • NVIDIA in merger proceedings before the European Commission leading to the unconditional authorization of its $6.8 billion acquisition of Mellanox, and in its proposed $40 billion acquisition of ARM.

  • ASML, IBM, PayPal, and other technology firms on a range of competition law considerations.

  • Citigroup in several European and national investigations and litigations, including the European Commission’s investigations of alleged Yen Libor and Euribor rate manipulation and of conduct relating to Spot FX trading.

  • UniCredit in its appeal of the European Commission’s Government Bonds Cartel decision to the General Court.

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