Maverick Advocaten N.V.

Maverick Advocaten is the independent and leading competition law firm in the Netherlands. The team has vast experience at the top of the Dutch legal profession. The lawyers provide advice on Dutch and EU competition law, including cartels, abuse of dominance, (second phase) merger control, public procurement and cartel damage claims. They also frequently advise clients on economic regulation, consumer law and EU law (including state aid and unfair competition). The team regularly represents clients in proceedings before the Dutch and EU courts, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets, the European Commission and the Dutch Healthcare Authority. Maverick Advocaten represents clients in a wide variety of sectors, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agri and food, FMCG, energy, transport, retail, fintech, media and communications.

Recent work:

• Assisting a company in a European Commission dawn raid and investigation into alleged cartel prohibition violations in the synthetic surf sector
• Successfully representing Mediq in proceedings against the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) before the Rotterdam District Court on an acquisition prohibited by ACM
• Representing an association of distributors of background music in a claim for abuse of dominance against the Dutch collective management organization Buma/Stemra
• Representing a cartridge supplier in civil proceedings against Hewlett-Packard for allegedly abusing its dominant position on the printer and cartridges market and infringing the cartel prohibition with its selective distribution network
• Representing an academic hospital in an administrative procedure about a subsidy granted and a complaint at the European Commission about the state aid rules
• Representing International Air Transport Association (IATA) in civil proceedings regarding the interpretation of EU passenger rights regulation (261//2004)
• Successfully assisting Royal Schiphol Group in obtaining regulatory approval from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets for the takeover of Kappé
• Successfully representing a telemarketing company in preliminary relief proceedings against the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets before the Rotterdam District Court regarding an unlawful dawn raid
• Advising an international manufacturer of high-end coffee accessories on the creation of its selective and exclusive distribution network in the EU
• Advising an international hotel booking platform on European consumer law rules for online sales in different member states
• Successfully representing an EHR supplier in appeal proceedings against the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets before the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal regarding the publication of a market study
• Successfully representing a healthcare company in an investigation by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets into alleged abuse of a dominant position
• Successfully assisting Ingka in obtaining approval from the European Commission to enter into a plastic recycling joint venture with Morsano
• Successfully assisting Döhler Group in obtaining approval from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets for the acquisition of SVZ Industrial Products
• Successfully representing a retailer in proceedings against the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) before the Rotterdam District Court and Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal regarding an ACM penalty order for credit card co branding
• Successfully assisting Glaspoort in obtaining approval from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets for entering into a joint venture with TINC