Daniel Baker
Partner · Brussels
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- Current titles
- Partner, Geradin Partners · since Sep 2025GP website
- GP office
- Brussels
- ExpertiseKeywords: hover for the reason
- Practice areas on the GP website:Merger control, FDI & FSR
- Former positions and employers
Latham & WatkinsLaw firmLinkedIn
- Senior Associate · 2020-2025
Sidley AustinLaw firmLinkedIn
- Senior Associate · 2020
- Associate · 2019-2020
Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerLaw firmLinkedIn
- Associate · 2014-2018
- Trainee Solicitor · 2012-2014
Berwin Leighton PaisnerLaw firmLinkedIn
- Paralegal · 2012
Oliver WymanConsultancyLinkedIn
- Consultant · 2005-2007
- OrganisationsMemberships, boards, networks
Bar admission: Member of the Brussels Bar (A-List), Barreau de Bruxelles · Solicitor (Ireland), Law Society of Ireland · Solicitor (England and Wales), Solicitors Regulation AuthorityLinkedIn
- Additional interestsAs stated by the person
- Languages
English (native) · German (fluent) · French (limited)LinkedIn
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Last 24 months · 11
6 Oct 2026
PodcastConversations About Competition: episode on the European Commission's draft Merger GuidelinesHostGERADIN PARTNERS“Thanks for joining us Catalina Campillo Maroto - we loved having you on the pod!”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
1 Oct 2026
NewsletterGeradin Partners’ Monthly EU Litigation Briefing – October 2026“Comment from Daniel Baker: Booking/Etraveli is the first prohibition of a conglomerate merger based solely on an ecosystem theory of harm to reach the EU Courts.”
Where this sentence is: Article on geradinpartners.com
22 Jun 2026
ArticleOp-ed on the regulatory challenges facing defence sector consolidation in EuropeAuthorThe Sentinel“As Daniel Baker explains in this op-ed, the regulatory picture is more complicated in defence than in other sectors.”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
18 Jun 2026
Blog postThe revised FDI Screening Regulation 2026 and its implications for national FDI regimesCo-authorGP Competition Law Blogwith Sam Wolters, Saimi Merenlahti, Mattijs Baneke, Ghazale Mandegarian-Fricke, Marie-Laure Combet, Lasse Nordström, Annagreta SirénOn 8 June 2026, the Council of the European Union adopted a revised Regulation on the screening of foreign direct investments in the EU (revised FDI Regulation or Regulation).[1] The new rules replace the current FDI screening framework that has been in force since October 2020 (current FDI Regulation).[2] The…
8 May 2026
ArticleEU Draft Merger Guidelines: more scope for scale and efficiencies, but no ‘blank cheques’“As my colleagues at GERADIN PARTNERS Daniel Baker, Mattijs Baneke and Sanna Syrjälä explained in their note on the draft Guidelines”
Where this sentence is: LinkedIn post by Ghazale Mandegarian-Fricke
13 Apr 2026
Press articleNuctech’s FSR challenge to test EU’s reach over foreign informationInterviewedGlobal Competition Review“Enjoyed speaking with Rashid Baxter at #GCR about tomorrow's hearing in”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
5 Mar 2026
Academic paperGP Monthly EU Litigation Briefing - March 2026Co-authorGeradin Partnerswith Jérémie Jourdan, Konstantina Bania, Marc Barennes, Thomas Funke, Trevor Soames“You can read our case summaries in the briefing, with comments from my litigation colleagues this time Daniel Baker, Dr. Konstantina Bania, Marc Barennes, Thomas G. Funke, Trevor Soames.”
Where this sentence is: LinkedIn post by Jérémie Jourdan
28 Nov 2025
Blog postA new ‘balancing’ approach to remedies under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation? Some initial observations on the ADNOC/Covestro commitmentsAuthorGP Competition Law BlogThe ADNOC / Covestro commitments suggest that the European Commission is willing to apply the Foreign Subsidies Regulation creatively to design remedies that ‘balance out’ rather than eliminate the negative effects of a distortive foreign subsidy where doing so will secure investment and advance the EU’s wider policy…
30 Oct 2025
Blog postUK Competition and Market Authority’s consultation on merger remedies confirms greater flexibilityThe CMA’s consultation on its revised merger remedies guidance, published on 16 October 2025, confirms a more flexible approach to remedies including in Phase 1 – a trend already seen in recent CMA decisions.
25 Sep 2025
TalkPanel on EU/UK merger control at the GERADIN PARTNERS Competition Law and Policy seminar (Antwerp)ModeratorGERADIN PARTNERS“Special thanks to my brilliant panelists, Nicole Kar (Paul Weiss), Oliver Latham (CRA), and Nicolas Joncheray (Autorité de la concurrence)”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
1 Sep 2025
Press articleGeradin Partners makes double partner hire in Brussels and adds former Tory MP in London“The duo joining in Brussels are Daniel Baker and Jérémie Jourdan. Baker will bolster the firm’s merger control practice, while Jourdan will focus on tech regulatory and competition matters”
Where this sentence is: Page on globallegalpost.com