Dr Thomas S. Wilson

Law Expert & Lecturer at Kings College London

Trainer

' It is hard to believe there could be a better competition lawyer anywhere in Europe. Amazing quality of work, responsiveness, efficiency, and commerciality. And a pleasure to work with.' - Legal 500 EMEA, 2025 (Client Quote)

Thomas advises on the full spectrum of competition law, including EU, German and international merger control, cartels, State aid and antitrust compliance as well as FDI and FSR matters. He has played a lead role in a large number of high-profile and industry-transforming mergers, including in 5 EU Phase II investigations. Thomas also 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 counsels large corporates (e.g. Eli Lilly, Waters, AbbVie, Celanese) as well as some of the world’s leading private equity firms such as KKR, GTCR, H&F, Nordic Capital and GBL. One of Thomas’ focus areas is pharma/life sciences. According to recent client feedback, “Thomas takes a focused business/market approach, provides clear client advice and project manages flawlessly on complex, global regulatory processes”.

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’ Global Guide, has been recognised as a “Thought Leader” in GCR’s Who’s Who Legal 2020–2023 editions, as a “Recommended Lawyer” in 2024 Legal 500 EMEA and featured in ‘GCR 100’ (2021). According to GCR’s Who’s Who Legal 2022 edition, Thomas is commended by clients for his “inside-out knowledge of competition law” and “in-depth experience of EU merger control rules”.

In this programme, Dr. Thomas S. Wilson leads the following units:

• Unit 6 - Merger Regulation
• Unit 7 - Joint Ventures

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