Julian is a partner in the Brussels office and leads the Competition and EU law department in Brussels. He specialises in EC and UK competition law and has been involved in a large number of leading EC and UK merger cases, most recently Terra/Kemira, P&O/Stena and P&O/Brittany Ferries (UK Competition Commission references), Arsenal/DSM, BHP/Rio Tinto, Guinness/GrandMet, Skanska/Scancem, Kvaerner/Ahlstrom, Metso/Svedala, Telia/Telenor Metso/Kvaerner (all Phase II cases), Cookson/Foseco, Manitowoc/Enodis, Apax/Capio, Yara/Kemira, Case/New Holland and Vodafone/AirTouch (all EC Phase I cases with undertakings). Julian Ellison and his team were awarded the Legal Business Competition Team of the Year (1999) for the Case/New Holland merger clearance.

In addition, Julian's practice includes leading cases in transport, telecommunications, cartels, public procurement and state aids both at national and EC level and before the national and European Courts of Justice. His publications include The Legal Control of Mergers (Blackstones) and Joint Ventures in Europe (Butterworths).

• Trinity College, Cambridge (MA)
• Partner since 1989