Vincent P Brophy

Practice Areas

Vincent Brophy has over 20 years’ experience in counseling and representing clients on matters involving antitrust/competition law. He is an experienced advocate who appears before the authorities in mergers, cartels and abuse investigations, as well as in related litigation before the courts.

Vincent has acted in some of the largest ever mergers and most complex antitrust cases. He advises across a wide spectrum of industries and services. His experience ranges from mining and minerals to energy, consumer goods, payments, wholesale/retail banking, technology and foodstuffs.

Representative matters include:

An investigation by a competition authority into the syndicated loan businesses of numerous investment banks.

An investigation by the European Commission into an alleged cartel between precious metals traders and coordination with parallel U.S. investigations and civil litigation.

An investigation by the European Commission into the credit default swap markets and coordination with parallel U.S. investigations and civil litigation.

Defense of Dell Inc. in an EU investigation into arrangements agreed with Intel.

Defense of MasterCard in multiple antitrust investigations and proceedings, before the UK and EU competition authorities and courts, covering interchange, payment scheme rules and practices.

Publications

He regularly publishes and is a member of the editorial board of the European Competition Journal.