Thomas De Meese

Competition law (Belgian, EU and Global), technology, media and telecommunications, litigation and trial, European regulatory and compliance

Thomas focuses on competition and antitrust law in Belgium and the EU. He is a skilled and experienced litigator before the Belgian courts and represents complainants and defendants in investigations before the Belgian Competition Authority and the European Commission. He represents clients in merger control matters and has developed pan-European antitrust compliance and training programs for multinational companies. He is involved in complex litigation affecting the TMT sector and advises on distribution issues, technology licensing, big data, joint bidding, standard setting, trade associations, pricing by dominant companies, etc. He assists clients on e-commerce and Internet-related issues and drafts and negotiates complex telecommunication agreements such as MVNO deals or interconnection agreements. He regularly represents one of Flanders' main players in the field of internet, telephony and interactive digital TV in contentious and non-contentious matters. Thomas has inter alia successfully represented online and land-based bookmakers in litigation against government-owned incumbent operators.

University of Antwerp (Licence en Droit 1992); College of Europe (Master of Advanced European Studies, 1993).