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Oliver Bretz specialises in EU and UK competition, regulatory and trade law, in particular mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, cartels, distribution and licensing arrangements.  Oliver also advises on state aid, public procurement, internal market and WTO issues across a wide range of industry sectors including media, telecommunications, e-commerce, transport, pharmaceuticals and consumer products.

European School, Brussels 1989
Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (M.A. law) 1992
LL.M. (European and Public International Law) 1993
St. John's College, Cambridge University Supervisor, European Law 1994
Stage, European Commission, DG Trade
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1996
Joined Clifford Chance in 1999
Clifford Chance New York 2000
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2002
Partner since 2002
Clifford Chance, Paris and Brussels 2011

Speaks fluent English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and conversational Dutch

International Law Office Client Choice Award Winner 2010