Jordan is a competition, consumer and regulatory specialist based in our Brussels office. He represents clients before global, European and UK competition authorities, courts and sectoral regulators. Jordan is the co-head of our cross-practice Technology Group.
Experience in technology and media sectors includes advising:
- Arm on a range of merger and competition law matters
- Deliveroo on Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo
- Google on a range of matters including, in relation to the European Commission's AdSense and standard essential patents investigations and various ongoing investigations relating to digital advertising
- Meta Platforms on various merger and competition law matters, including its recent acquisition of Kustomer
- Motorola Mobility on its $12.5bn acquisition by Google
- Netflix on various competition law matters
- Warner Music Group on the CMA’s music and streaming market study
Experience in life science and pharmaceuticals includes advising:
- CSL Behring on the CMA review of its commercialization and licensing agreement with uniQure in respect of haemophilia B gene therapy
- GlaxoSmithKline on range of merger and competition law matters, including its buy-out of Novartis’ interest in their consumer healthcare joint venture
- Seattle Genetics on various competition law matters
- Thermo Fisher Scientific on various mergers, including its acquisition of FEI Company and its acquisition of Patheon
- Varian Medical Systems on its acquisition by Siemens
Experience in the financial sector includes advising:
- Internationals Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) on IBOR fall back reform
- A major financial institution on the European Commission’s investigation into credit default swaps
- RSA Insurance Group on its acquisition by Intact Financial and Tryg
Experience in the consumer sector includes advising:
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on a range of merger and competition law matters
- Danish Crown on a range of merger and competition law matters
- Taylor Wimpey on the CMA’s consumer law investigation into leasehold housing
- Thomas Cook Group on the merger of its high street travel and foreign exchange businesses with the Co-operative Group
- Unilever on its settlement of the European Commission's investigation into the consumer detergents sector and its acquisition of Sara Lee Body Care
Experience in industrial sectors includes advising:
- Ball Corporation on its acquisition of Rexam
- BHP on a range of merger and competition law matters
- HM Government on Electricity Market Reform
- Royal Dutch Shell on its acquisition of BG Group
- Toyota Motor Corporation and Panasonic Corporation on their electric vehicle battery joint venture
- Valspar on its acquisition by Sherwin-Williams
Jordan also advises various companies in relation to European Commission cartel investigations.
Jordan is listed as a leading individual for Competition Law in Chambers Belgium, 2021. Jordan is co-author of the American Bar Association’s Tech Treatise.
Directories quotes:
- "Jordan Ellison is fantastic. He knows the law inside out, works efficiently and always adds value. It’s a pleasure to work with him." Legal 500, 2021
- Clients praise Jordan Ellison's skill in "making risk assessments and in making those assessments easy for people in the business to understand." "He is a calming influence on situations and is able to think deeply about the legal and economic issues." Chambers, 2021