Patrick Bock
Europe Guide 2024
Band 6 : Competition: EU
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About
Provided by Patrick Bock
Practice Areas
Patrick’s practice focuses on European and U.S. antitrust and competition matters.
Patrick has extensive experience advising on all aspects of EU and U.S. antitrust and competition law. He advises companies in securing merger control and foreign direct investment approvals from competition and other regulatory authorities across Europe and the United States, and manages the coordination of complex merger control proceedings globally. Patrick regularly assists clients in the defense of cartel and other anti-competitive practice investigations (including abuse of dominance cases) brought by competition authorities globally, as well as in follow damage actions by private claimants. He advises a range of clients on an ongoing basis on complex antitrust compliance matters and best practices. He regularly appears before the European Commission, the German Bundeskartellamt, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
Career
Patrick joined the firm in Washington, D.C., in 2003. He was based in the Brussels office from 2007 to 2009. After becoming a partner in 2013, he spent five years in the firm’s Cologne office, before returning to Brussels in 2018.
Degrees: J.D. from Harvard Law School (2003); B.A. from Yale University (2000)
Professional Memberships
Illinois and District of Columbia Bars.
Personal
Native German and English speaker, fluent in French.
Chambers Review
Europe
Patrick Bock has notable experience advising on complex merger investigations in the utilities sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Patrick Bock's understanding of the business and his business acumen is appreciated, as well as his responsiveness and workable solutions."
"Patrick Bock is a great competition lawyer. One of his greatest strengths is his ability to adapt to new situations and demands."
"I can say that he is very pleasant and nice to work with."
"Patrick Bock's understanding of the business and his business acumen is appreciated, as well as his responsiveness and workable solutions."
"Patrick Bock is a great competition lawyer. One of his greatest strengths is his ability to adapt to new situations and demands."
"I can say that he is very pleasant and nice to work with."