Nelson Jung
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Competition Law
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About
Provided by Nelson Jung
Practice Areas
Nelson Jung specialises in EU and UK competition law across a wide range of industry sectors.
Nelson rejoined the firm from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority where he was the Director of Mergers Group. He previously held a number of senior positions at the CMA's predecessor, the Office of Fair Trading, including Director of Competition Enforcement and Head of Mergers.
Nelson is a member of the core leadership team for the firm's Tech Group.
Career
Université Paris (Erasmus, European Law) 1998
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität (First state exam in law) 2000
Regional Court Darmstadt; Gleiss Lutz (Second state exam in law) 2002
Admitted as a Rechtsanwalt in Germany 2003
University College London (LLM) 2004
Admitted as solicitor in England & Wales 2007
Partner since 2016
Chambers Review
UK
Nelson Jung often represents high-profile clients from the technology sector in competition law investigations before various UK authorities. He also advises clients on merger clearance filings. He has further experience in European Commission investigations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Nelson Jung is an excellent advocate who has great business acumen and is a pleasure to work with."
"I trust Nelson Jung to provide practical and strategic advice on time-sensitive and complex matters."
"He is very calm and measured and he provides useful, commercial advice."
"Nelson Jung is always great in that he is very strategic and very good at reading how to position things with the competition authorities."
"Nelson Jung has a huge amount of experience."
"Nelson Jung is an excellent advocate who has great business acumen and is a pleasure to work with."
"I trust Nelson Jung to provide practical and strategic advice on time-sensitive and complex matters."
"He is very calm and measured and he provides useful, commercial advice."
"Nelson Jung is always great in that he is very strategic and very good at reading how to position things with the competition authorities."
"Nelson Jung has a huge amount of experience."