Full Name
Jenine Hulsmann
Job Title
Partner
Company
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
Speaker Bio
Jenine is a partner specialising in competition law and regulation with a particular focus on the TMT, pharmaceutical, energy and infrastructure sectors. She advises on merger and foreign investment proceedings, competition law investigations and appeals. Jenine has advised on some of the most high-profile and complex M&A transactions of the past decade, securing Phase 2 clearances from both the European Commission and CMA. With a particular focus on the technology, pharmaceutical and energy sectors, she has represented corporations on a wide range of behavioural antitrust matters and investigations, as well as on competition appeals and litigation. A former secondee to the UK telecommunications regulator, she is a trusted adviser on regulation, foreign investment and national security issues. Jenine is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers UK 2026 and is recognised as a leading competition lawyer in Chambers Global and Chambers Europe. She is included in the “Hall of Fame” in Legal 500 with a “stellar market reputation”. She was recently shortlisted for the “Innovative practitioner” award at the FT Innovative Awards 2025 and for “Lawyer of the Year” at the Global Competition Review Awards 2024. She was “Highly Commended” for “Private Practice Lawyer of the Year” at the Legal Business Awards 2024 and was also included in GCR’s Women in Antitrust List 2025. Described by clients in Chambers as “an exceptional merger control lawyer” and “one of the smartest, if not the smartest lawyer, I've worked with when it comes to strategy and timing”, Jenine is noted for being “relentless in her pursuit of getting your deal through” and “a Swiss army knife of strategic vision, tactical execution and just plain smarts.”. In Legal 500, clients state that Jenine is “highly commercial and skilled at applying the law to client needs. She is also an excellent communicator and is well respected by senior managers within my business as much as by external regulatory stakeholders.” She is a member of the City of London Law Society Competition Law Committee.
Speaking At
