Van Bael & Bellis‘s Belgian competition team has notable experience in the automotive, life sciences, and healthcare industries, regularly acting for blue-chip companies before both the Belgian Competition Authority and national courts. Team head Peter L’Ecluse is the go-to for life sciences sector matters, while Kris Van Hove regularly handles damages litigation. The team’s workload spans merger control cases, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, and the interplay of intellectual property rights and competition issues.
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Key clients
- Allianz
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
- CERP
- DAF
- Environ
- GSK plc
- Haleon
- Le Creuset
- Mignot & De Block
- pharma.be
Work highlights
- Representing the DAF group and Paccar group companies in relation to all their damage claims following on from the Commission’s settlement decision in Trucks that are being raised in Belgium.
- Assisted CERP, a pharmaceutical wholesaler, with an investigation initiated by the Belgian Competition Authority relating to the services which pharmaceutical wholesalers provide to pharmaceutical suppliers on the one hand and to pharmacies on the other hand.
- Assisted Le Creuset, a premium cookware manufacturer active in the kitchen appliance sector and well-known for its so-called “Dutch ovens” in cast iron and its Screwpull corkscrews, with respect to an investigation by the Belgian Competition Authority into suspected resale price maintenance practices.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Peter L’Ecluse