Bio

David Wood is an English and Belgian qualified partner in the Brussels office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he serves as Partner-in-Charge of the office and as member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition practice group. He has lived and worked in Brussels since 1991. Mr. Wood’s practice encompasses the full range of European antitrust issues, including cartels, merger control, abuse of dominance (monopolization), restrictive agreements, sector inquiries and private enforcement. He has strong expertise in the financial services, media/high-tech, and transport sectors. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Wood spent 10 years at the antitrust enforcement division of the European Commission (DG Competition), including positions as Head of the Financial Services Unit and Acting Head of the Media Unit. He is one of the few lawyers in private practice to have held senior positions in the European Commission, and brings his clients both deep experience of European antitrust enforcement, and offers practical solutions into how to manage risk and avoid problems.Mr. Wood is well-known for his long and broad experience of the full range of issues involved in European antitrust enforcement and has consistently been recognized as a leading European antitrust practitioner. Recent awards include: The Lawyer Award for Competition and Regulatory Team of the Year 2018 for his representation of complainants in the EC’s Google investigation; Global Competition Review 2017 Merger Control Matter of the Year Europe for Microsoft/LinkedIn; Antitrust Writing Awards 2016 for the Best Business Article – Unilateral Conduct; Global Competition Review 2014 “Behavioral Matter of the Year – Europe” for his representation of UBS in the LIBOR and related matters; Global Competition Review 2013 Matter of the Year for the FTC Investigation of Google. Mr. Wood is recognized as a leading European competition lawyer by all the main peer review publications, including Who’s Who Legal ‘Thought Leaders – Competition’, and Chambers Global. Mr. Wood is also ranked as a leading Competition/European Law lawyer by Legal 500 for EU Competition and Telecoms, Media & Technology and also recognized by Best Lawyers in Belgium 2020 for Competition/Antitrust Law and European Union Law. He is a frequent writer and speaker on competition law issues, is a member of the editorial board of Competition Law Insight, and is a visiting lecturer on competition law at King’s College London. Admitted to practice as a Solicitor in England and Wales, and to the Brussels Bar, Mr. Wood passed his Solicitor’s Final in 1987 at the London College of Law, graduated with a LL.B. (Hons) in 1985 from the University of Buckingham an received a B.A. (Hons) in 1983 from the University of Sussex.