Lawyers

Bart A. Creve

Bart A. Creve

Work Department

Competition Law, EU Law, Foreign Direct Investments, Sport, Media and Entertainment, State Aid Law.

Position

Partner.

Career

Bart represents Danish and foreign clients in a wide array of economic sectors, including energy, telecoms, aviation, shipping, pharmaceuticals, motion pictures, gambling, consumer electronics and foodstuffs. His particular talent for mastering the details of a case and grasping cross-jurisdictional issues means he has provided valuable assistance to clients in proceedings before the European Commission and the European Courts as well as national authorities and/or courts in Denmark, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Korea and the US. 

Bart has coordinated several multi-jurisdictional merger proceedings and is currently involved in infringement cases such as the "Air Cargo" and "Power Cables" cartel cases, and two landmark "pay-for-delay" cases. Bart has also developed extensive experience in distribution, pricing and cooperation strategies at both national and international level, and he is active as either plaintiff or defence counsel in a number of State aid proceedings.

After training as a Belgian attorney-at-law with Linklaters in Brussels, Bart worked in the ECN/Cartel division of the European Commission, Directorate-General for Competition.

Bart became a partner in 2015.

Languages

Dutch, English, French, The Scandinavian Languages.

Memberships

Regular lecturer at universities and conferences Authored and co-authored several articles Member of American Bar Association Antitrust Section Member of Benelux Business Club Member of the Danish Association of Competition.

Education

Admitted to practice law in Denmark, 2014 Attorney-at-law (New York Bar), 2013 Advocaat (Brussels Bar), 2005 Master of Laws (LL.M), University of Chicargo, 2005 Summer School, European University de Fiesole, 2004 Studied a semester at New York University 2001 Master of Laws (cand.jur.) from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Licentiaat Rechten), Belgien, 2001.