Mrs Beatrijs Gielen > ALTIUS > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

ALTIUS
HAVENLAAN, 86C B414
AVENUE DU PORT
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
Beatrijs Gielen photo

Work Department

Commercial and Competition

Position

Counsel

Career

Beatrijs advises domestic and multinational clients in a wide range of sectors about all aspects of Belgian and EU competition law, including cartel cases, distribution networks, abuse(s) of dominance, and State aid matters. She represents clients in antitrust cases before the Belgian and European competition authorities and courts. Beatrijs has experience regarding damages actions for competition law infringements.

Beatrijs further assists clients in the setting-up of compliance programmes and training. In merger control cases, she assists clients in obtaining merger control clearance from the Belgian Competition Authority and the European Commission and in the coordination of merger filings in numerous other countries. Beatrijs also advises clients regarding market practices and consumer law, including the drafting and reviewing of contractual clauses and commercial deals.

She advises clients in a wide range of sectors, with a particular interest in the life and health sector.

Since 2010, Beatrijs has also been admitted at the New York Bar.

Languages

Beatrijs is fluent in Dutch, French and Englis

Memberships

Beatrijs is a member of the Harvard Club of Belgium and various Belgian organisations, such as Etion and VSMR (the Association for the Study of Competition Law).

Education

  • LL.M. (Harvard Law School)
  • Master of Laws (KU Leuven – KUL)

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Competition: Belgian law

(Leading associates)

Beatrijs GielenALTIUS

With a practice centring around merger control matters and a growing antitrust damages litigation workload, the commercial and competition team at ALTIUS is regularly involved in intellectual property-related competition law matters. Practice head Carmen Verdonck ‘is one of the best’ in the market, often assisting clients in obtaining merger control clearance from the Belgian Competition Authority, as well as coordinating filings in other jurisdictions. Beatrijs Gielen has particular experience in the pharmaceutical sector.

Belgium > Competition: EU and global

ALTIUS‘s commercial and competition offering constitutes a ‘great team with deep knowledge of EU competition law’ that is experienced in merger control matters and antitrust damages litigation. Sitting at the helm of the team, Carmen Verdonck has expertise regarding the Belgian and EU competition authorities, and Beatrijs Gielen has a particular focus on IP rights and pharmaceuticals sectors.