Van Bael & Bellis

Competition

Partner Michel Struys practises EU and competition law.

Michel Struys has a wealth of experience advising on all aspects of EU competition law, including merger control, cartels, abuse of dominance and state aid.

He has assisted multinational companies in a number of landmark EU Commission proceedings raising novel issues, such as the application of Article 102 TFEU to the licensing of standard essential patents in Samsung, price signalling in the Container Shipping case, and tax optimisation in McDonald's successful challenge to the EU Commission’s recent state aid investigation.

Michel also has extensive litigation experience before the European Courts.

Michel Struys was previously a partner in the Competition and EU law practice of the Brussels and Paris offices of Allen & Overy. He started his career at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York City before serving in the Court of Justice of the European Union as a Law Clerk (“référendaire”). He then joined Allen & Overy’s London office, where he went on to co-head its Global Competition practice.

Michel Struys speaks French and English

Member of the Brussels and Paris Bar 

Georgetown University Law School, LL.M., 1990, Fulbright ScholarshipUniversity of Liège and University of Louvain, Master of International and European Law, 1989University of Louvain, Bachelor of Law, 1988