A leader in Antitrust, competition and trade (ACT)
Our Brussels office is the focal point of our antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) group. Widely recognised as a leader in this practice area, our international Brussels ACT practice comprises 13 partners and counsel and a team of over 60 lawyers and other specialists.
With wide-ranging EU and national experience, our Brussels team advises on the complete range of antitrust, competition, regulatory and trade issues, including:
- merger control;
- cartel investigations;
- horizontal and vertical commercial agreements;
- abuse of dominance/restrictive practice cases;
- compliance programmes;
- sector-specific regulation;
- antitrust/competition litigation;
- state aid;
- public procurement, and;
- trade, including World Trade Organization (WTO) matters and trade remedies.
We represent our international clients before the European Commission and the European courts, as well as before EU member state competition authorities and courts. We also represent Belgian companies and international companies with Belgian interests on the complete range of EU and national competition, regulatory and trade issues both at EU level and before the Belgian competition authorities, sector regulators and courts.
We have a strong reputation and considerable experience across all major business sectors, including automotive, chemicals, construction and engineering, consumer products and retail, defence, energy and natural resources, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, leisure, private equity, TMT (telecoms, media, technology) and transport.
For more information on our ACT practice please contact Jennifer Kennedy