Van Bael & Bellis

Competition, Regulatory

Senior Counsel Stephanie Reinart focuses on EU and German competition law as well as EU and German regulatory law.

German Competition

Stephanie’s experience includes securing merger clearance from the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) in numerous cases and successfully defending clients in investigations of alleged cartel conduct and other anti-competitive practices conducted by the German Federal Cartel Office.

EU Competition

Stephanie has handled numerous international cartel cases in which she defended companies in proceedings before the European Commission and the EU Courts.
Stephanie’s EU competition law experience extends to advising clients on how to structure agreements, including strategic alliances, cooperation, licensing and supply agreements, in order to achieve compliance with competition law rules. She also frequently counsels companies holding a dominant market position on how to avoid abusive conduct.
Stephanie regularly conducts training sessions on competition law matters for company employees throughout Europe. She also prepares antitrust compliance programmes and assists companies with their implementation.

State aid

Stephanie assists clients involved in State aid investigations launched by the European Commission.

Stephanie Reinart started her professional career as in-house legal adviser of a major European trade association in Brussels. In 1998, she joined Van Bael & Bellis.

Stephanie Reinart speaks German, English and French.

Member of the Koblenz Bar, Germany Member of the Brussels Bar

University of Trier, Master of Laws, 1993