Philip Torbøl is a partner in the Brussels office of the international law firm of McDermott Will & Emery/Stanbrook LLP. He joined McDermott in 2005 together with his colleagues from Stanbrook & Hooper and is now a partner in the Firm’s EU regulatory practice and EU Competition Group. His practice focuses on EU competition law, State aid and government strategies. Philip began his career in the European Parliament in Brussels and was also an Executive Committee Member of the European Commission’s Youth Forum.
Competition: Philip’s competition experience includes advising clients in matters related to the conduct of dominant companies, cartel investigations, merger control, and State aid. In addition to defending clients before the European institutions, Philip’s practice focuses on helping companies define their distribution strategies within the framework of EU competition law – not only preventively, but also to ensure that clients make the most of the competition law tools available.
Government Strategies: As a former EU official, Philip has substantial experience representing clients in strategic regulatory and legislative processes before the European institutions, including the Commission, Parliament and Council. New EU regulations and their implementation process often present strategic opportunities to companies. Philip’s objective is to actively take advantage of the EU’s regulatory framework to ultimately put his clients in a favorable commercial position.
Philip is a regular contributor to the debate on EU and competition law policy. He has written numerous articles and spoken on many occasions on competition issues to both general and specialized business audiences. He was shortlisted for Global Competition Review’s 40 under 40 list in 2008.
Philip is a member of the Lawyers’ Society of Denmark and the Brussels Bar (French).
Representative Experience
- Successful defense of European, U.S. and Japanese companies in Commission investigations, including the following sectors: transport, construction, consumer goods, energy, technologies – both on the side of the defendant and on that of the complainant
- Advising European companies regarding their compliance obligations and strategic opportunities pursuant to EU rules on abuse of dominant position
- Representing EU and U.S. clients in EU merger reviews – both the parties to a merger/JV and third parties/opponents to a merger
- Strategic advice to and representation of European and non-European clients, including trade associations, in EU legislative processes
Education
- Copenhagen University, Master of Law, 1999
- Copenhagen University, Bachelor of Law, 1994
Languages Spoken
- Danish
- English
- French
- Norwegian
- Swedish
