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EU: Head of Cartel Unit joins Covington’s competition practice

By  |  April 4, 2016

Kevin Coates, a former senior official who served as Head of one of the Cartels Units at the Directorate-General for Competition at the European Commission between 2012 and 2016, has joined Covington’s antitrust and competition practice.

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    Over the last 16 years, Mr. Coates has held several senior positions within DG COMP and before that served as in-house counsel at a leading technology company. As Head of one of the Cartels Units, he was responsible for cartel enforcement and managed a team handling a variety of cartel cases from the initial investigation, through to the adoption of the final decision. Mr. Coates had previously served as head of communications at DG Comp where he worked directly for two Directors General, advising them on policy and communications issues. Prior to that, he handled competition cases in the telecoms and media sectors, and had worked in policy and case coordination. Before joining the Commission, Mr. Coates was European Counsel for AOL Europe, responsible for antitrust and telecoms regulatory issues for AOL subsidiary companies in the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands.

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    Johan Ysewyn, partner and co-head of Covington’s global antitrust practice, based in Brussels, commented: “We are thrilled with Kevin’s decision to join Covington. I have personally admired his work at DG Comp for many years. Kevin is not just an excellent lawyer, he has a tremendous bird’s-eye view of the competition landscape across Europe and beyond. In addition, his cartel experience supplements our already very strong cartel practice.”

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