Daniel Barry

Daniel focuses primarily on complex competition law litigations, including Danish and EU cartel and abuse cases, as well as Danish and multi-jurisdictional follow-on damages cases. His experience includes participation in the European Commission's leniency programme and settlement procedure, coordination of criminal and administrative procedures, and follow-on damages actions in various foreign jurisdictions. Daniel has been involved in the filing of several negative declaratory actions, also known as "torpedoes", that Denmark had not previously employed in competition-related cases.

Daniel also advises on M&A matters, including Danish and EU merger notifications, multi-jurisdictional merger notification coordination, and M&A-related competition law issues. Furthermore, he advises on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FRS) matters.

Daniel always works in teams to achieve the best possible results for clients. In most cases, this includes both other lawyers and economists from Plesner's in-house team of economists.

Daniel is Chairman of the Board of the Danish Association for Competition Law. He is admitted to practice before the High Courts of Denmark.

Selected cases

• Represented Ørsted in successful appeal against DCCA decisions on excessive pricing
• Represents Ørsted in multi-billion-DKK damages case concerning excessive pricing
• Represented Danfoss in cartel investigations by the EC and multiple NCAs
• Represented Danfoss in multiple cartel-related damages cases
• Experience with the EC's leniency programme and settlement procedure
• Experience filing multiple negative declaratory actions ("torpedoes") in Denmark
• Represents global truck manufacturer in multiple cartel-related damages cases 
• Represented Diesel Motor Nordic in appeal of DCCA decision to the Supreme Court
• Experience with the EC submitting written and oral observations to a national court
• Represents Diesel Motor Nordic in criminal case concerning anti-competitive agreement
• Assisted Sampo with FDI approval for public takeover of Topdanmark
• Assisted Volvo Trucks obtain unconditional approval in phase II of Titan acquisition
• Assisted LEO Pharma with merger control and FDI relating to Nordic Capital partnership
• Represented HTS Besafe in DCCA investigation concerning resale price maintenance
• Assisted Tryg with multi-billion-pound acquisition of parts of RSA Insurance Group
• Represented Nissan Nordic in damages case on access to a selective distribution system
• Represented defendant in damages case on alleged predatory pricing in financial sector
• Represented clean-energy firm in case on repayment claim of alleged over-compensation (state aid)
• Represented international home electronics firm in damages case relating to CRT cartel
• Assisted Weber-Stephen Nordic with implementation of selective distribution system
• Assisted Novo Holdings with merger filings for its investment in ERT with Nordic Capital