Eoin O'Reilly

Eoin advises clients on all aspects of EU and international competition law and regulation, including merger control, antitrust investigations, foreign investment reviews and digital market regulation. He works across a variety of sectors, with particular experience in life sciences, financial services, and technology.

Work highlights

Highlights of Eoin’s merger control experience include advising:

• Bayer AG on the sale of its global animal health business to Elanco Animal Health (conditional Phase 1 clearance by the European Commission).

• Covestro in relation to its US$1.8 bn acquisition of the Resins & Functional Materials business from Royal DSM (unconditional Phase 1 clearance by the European Commission).

• Linde on its transformational merger with Praxair (conditional Phase 2 clearance by the European Commission).

Highlights of Eoin’s work on behavioural competition investigations and related litigation include representing:

• A financial services client in relation to the European Commission’s investigation into European Government Bonds.

• A leading automotive parts supplier in cartel damage claims following worldwide cartel investigations.
• Google Shopping: advising Kelkoo in its response to Alphabet’s appeal before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Eoin first joined Linklaters in 2016 after completing a traineeship in the European Commission (DG COMP).

Eoin holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Trinity College Dublin. He also holds an LLM in Law and Economics from Universiteit Utrecht.