Biography: Competition

Andrew Renshaw is a partner in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's antitrust, competition and trade group, based in the Brussels office. He managed the group's Brussels practice from 2002 to 2006. A UK solicitor, he has advised clients on dealing with the European Commission since 1989.

Andrew advises companies and governmental and international organisations on a range of EU competition and state aid law issues. He has considerable experience of advising clients on high-profile, often multi-jurisdictional, mergers and joint ventures as well as licensing, distribution, cartel and market dominance issues across a number of industry sectors.

His recent merger matters include representing Alcan in its successful defence of the Alcoa hostile takeover bid and later on the agreed cash offer by Rio Tinto to create the world's largest integrated aluminium company; and subsequently Rio Tinto Alcan on the sale of Alcan's packaging businesses to Amcor and Bemis. He advised American International Group (AIG) on its rescue by the US government and related merger control issues, including its sale of Alico to MetLife for a reported US$15.5 billion. In the state aid arena, Andrew has advised BNFL on a number of proceedings including in relation to the restructuring of the UK nuclear industry; and the Bank of England in respect of measures to stabilise the recent financial crisis. Andrew is also guiding Visa Europe though proceedings before the European Commission in relation to interchange fees.

Andrew was educated at Bristol University and at the College of Europe. He has also taught EU law at the College of Europe, HEC in Paris and currently lectures at King's College London.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) practice comprises over 50 partners and 260 specialists based in Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, the UK and the US. Our coverage of Asia, Europe and the US enables us to advise our clients in competition cases involving many jurisdictions around the world.