18 May 2026
Kirkland & Ellis Adds Leading Antitrust Team in Brussels and London
"Kirkland & Ellis hires Robbert Snelders, Thomas Graf, Henry Mostyn and Conor Opdebeeck-Wilson as partners to bolster its antitrust and competition practice in London and Brussels."
Robbert Snelders brings extensive expertise in EU, UK and global merger control, cartel and unilateral conduct matters as well as in digital regulation. He is ranked Band 1 in Chambers Europe and Chambers Global for Competition: EU, is listed in the Hall of Fame in The Legal 500 and is noted as a key lawyer in Global Competition Review. He will join Kirkland & Ellis as a partner from Cleary Gottlieb, where he was a partner.
Thomas Graf brings significant experience advising on high-stakes antitrust enforcement, merger control and digital regulatory matters across jurisdictions. He is ranked Band 2 in Chambers Europe for Competition: EU, is listed as a Global Elite Thought Leader in Who’s Who Legal and is noted as a key lawyer in Global Competition Review. He will join Kirkland & Ellis as a partner from Cleary Gottlieb, where he was a partner.
Henry Mostyn brings expertise in behavioural antitrust, litigation and digital regulatory matters and has experience representing clients in precedent-setting enforcement and litigation. He is noted as a Future Leader and was named to “40 Under 40” in Global Competition Review. He will join Kirkland & Ellis as a partner from Cleary Gottlieb, where he was a partner.
Conor Opdebeeck-Wilson brings extensive experience in advising on EU, UK and global merger control, cartel and unilateral conduct matters and in addressing multijurisdictional regulatory and antitrust investigations. He will join Kirkland & Ellis as a partner from Cleary Gottlieb, where he was a partner.
Collectively, the four partners have extensive experience representing technology, pharmaceutical, financial services, energy and industrial companies before the European Commission, the UK CMA and other national authorities, and in litigation in national and EU courts, and will strengthen Kirkland & Ellis’s antitrust and competition capabilities in London and Brussels.