Baker McKenzie LLP

Kurt Haegeman is a partner in Baker McKenzie's EU Competition & Regulatory Affairs Practice in Brussels and co-Managing Partner of the Firm's Belgian offices.

Kurt has extensive experience in advising consumer goods, luxury & fashion and cosmetics clients, and clients from other industry sectors, on complex multi-jurisdictional antitrust matters, including antitrust investigations focusing on horizontal and vertical conduct, dawn raid defence and leniency strategy. Kurt's team has a particularly strong track record in developing successful defense strategies for clients that are involved in antitrust investigations.

Kurt assists consumer goods, luxury & fashion and cosmetics clients regularly in the development, roll-out and policing of Europe-wide distribution systems, and he has particular expertise in advising on selective distribution and ecommerce management.

Kurt has been at the forefront of Baker McKenzie's efforts to support CG&R clients in their response to some of the most prominent challenges in today's marketplace, including the acceleration of digitisation, the shifting consumer attitudes towards ESG and the increasing regulations on supply chain transparency.