Dries Redee

Dries Redee advises clients on all aspects of competition law, including merger control, abuse of dominance, cartels and antitrust compliance issues. He has been involved in several high-profile and complex cross-border transactions requiring EU, U.K. and international merger control approvals.

Representative matters include, among others:

• Amazon.com, Inc. with the antitrust aspects in its US$1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot Corporation;
• Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C., along with InvestIndustrial, in their US$425 million acquisition of the phenolic specialty resin, hexamine and European forest products resins businesses of Hexion Inc.;
• Diem Association in connection with the development of cryptocurrency based on the Diem Blockchain;
• PayPal, Inc. in connection with its:
  • US$2.2 billion acquisition of iZettle AB;
  • US$4 billion acquisition of Honey Science Corporation; and
  • acquisition of Curv Inc.;
• Visa Inc. in connection with its:
  • proposed but terminated US$5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid Inc.; and
  • US$2.2 billion acquisition of Tink AB;
• ZeniMax in settling the European Commission’s video games investigation.

Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Redee completed an internship at Unit C.3 (Antitrust: IT, Internet and Consumer electronics) of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition.