Stibbe

Compliance and Sanctions, EU law, Competition and Regulation, Sports, Unfair Competition and Consumer Protection

Partner

Peter Wytinck’s expertise is primarily in European law, Belgian and EU competition law, market practices (including product labelling and product regulations) and commercial litigation. Peter’s practice of European law includes defending clients before the Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance, the European Commission (including the Merger Task Force), the Belgian national courts, and administrative authorities (regarding amongst others the free movement of goods, services and capital, mergers, cartel arrangements, state aid, EU contract litigation, and various EU Directives and Regulations). Peter also frequently advises on Belgian competition law matters and assists clients in the structuring of takeovers, joint ventures, and contracts. He represents clients in the notification of contracts and concentrations, and in complaints and procedures before the Belgian Competition Authority (Autorité belge de la Concurrence / Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit) and Belgian courts and tribunals. Peter has extensive experience in advising on issues regarding market practices (such as labelling, (comparative) advertising, joint offers, price reduction announcements, sales, and unfair competition) and regularly defends clients in these matters before the Belgian courts.

Dutch, French, English.

Board member of the Belgian Association for the Study of Competition Law (Belgische Vereniging voor de Studie van het Mededingingsrecht / Association belge pour l’Étude du Droit de la Concurrence)

Graduated in Law from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1987) Master of Laws (LL.M.) in European Law from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom (1988) Assistant in Belgian and European economic law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1989–1995) Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1990 With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 1990 (Partner since 2000) Lecturer on competition law and trade practices (unfair competition law) at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1999–2004) Editor in Chief of the Belgian competition law review Competitio (formerly known as Tijdschrift voor Belgische mededinging / Revue de la concurrence Belge) (2010–2021)