Crowell & Moring LLP

Antitrust / Competition, IT and telecomms, Media and entertainment, Regulatory

Senior Counsel

When faced with complex competition or regulatory issues, clients turn to Karl Stas for no-nonsense, business-focused advice. A senior counsel in the Antitrust and Competition group in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels office, Karl focuses on EU and Belgian competition law (including state aid), public and administrative law, the regulation of network industries, and the digital economy. He regularly advises clients in the telecommunications, media, entertainment, postal and pharmaceutical sectors, among others.

Karl assists international and Belgian clients in complex antitrust and regulatory matters, representing them before both the European Commission and national antitrust and regulatory authorities. In addition to his extensive advisory experience in these areas, Karl is also an experienced litigator, regularly representing clients before Belgian civil and administrative courts at all levels, as well as before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Dutch, English, French, Italian

Member of the Dutch-speaking Brussels Bar

Ghent University, B.A. Romance studies (1999) Catholic University of Leuven, M.A. European studies (2001) Free University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), J.D. (2008) magna cum laude University of Michigan Law School, LL.M. (2009)