Stibbe

Compliance and Sanctions, EU law, Competition and Regulation

Of Counsel

Tom Ruys focuses on European and Belgian competition law as well as public international law. He combines extensive academic expertise with practical skills, allowing him to deliver pragmatic and effective advice to clients. As a top specialist, Tom advises and represents clients in the full spectrum of EU and Belgian competition law, more particularly in matters concerning complex merger control, cartels and state aid. He is also an expert on public international law, including treaty law, state responsibility for breaches of international law, immunity law and the interaction between national and international law. In addition, he advises clients on public procurement procedures of European institutions.

Dutch, English, French

Member of the International Law Association’s (ILA) Committee on the Use of Force and the ILA Study Group on Sanctions

Graduated in Law from Ghent University (2003) Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Public International Law from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (2004) Doctoral fellow at the Institute for International Law of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2004–2009) Master’s degree in Conflict and Sustainable Peace Studies from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2008) Visiting researcher at the Yale Law School of Yale University, United States (February 2008–May 2008) Doctoral degree in Law from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2009) Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2009 With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 2009 Part-time assistant professor in international law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2009–2013) Senior research fellow at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2011–2013) Recipient of the Lieber Prize awarded by the American Society of International Law for his doctoral thesis (2011 and 2015) Professor in international law at Ghent University (2013–present) Recipient of the Francis Deák Prize awarded by the American Society of International Law (2015) Visiting fellow at the Cambridge Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, United Kingdom (2016)