Thomas Wilson

Partner at Kirkland & Ellis

Speaker

Thomas Wilson is one of the founding partners of Kirkland’s Brussels office and has been practicing as a competition lawyer in Brussels for 18+ years . Thomas advises on the full spectrum of competition law, with a focus on EU, German and international merger control, FDI and FSR. He has played a lead role in a large number of high-profile and industry-transforming mergers, including in six EU Phase II investigations and has been involved in 1,500+ transactions throughout his career. Thomas regularly represents clients before the German Federal Cartel Office. He is also a part-time lecturer at King’s College London for the Post-Graduate Diploma in EU Competition Law.

Thomas regularly speaks at competition law conferences, frequently publishes on practically relevant topics and has been consistently recognized for his work by legal directories. He is ranked in Chambers and Partners’ EMEA 2026 guide, has been recognised as a “Thought Leader” in GCR’s Lexology 2020–2025 editions and as a “Recommended Lawyer” in Legal 500 EMEA 2026, where clients remark he “clearly stands out in terms of responsiveness, quality of work and as a team manager.”