The antitrust and foreign investment group at Linklaters combines deep understanding of the Belgian Competition Authority with experience across a range of highly regulated sectors, handling a growing number of foreign investment filings. Gerwin Van Gerven is a team head, offering particular experience of regulatory bodies, and working alongside merger control and anti-cartel proceedings practitioner Bernd Meyring and Lodewick Prompers, who regularly takes on the antitrust aspects of global M&A deals.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Strong team, working in an efficient and proactive way, strong global network.’
  • ‘Lodewick Prompers is our main contact, is client-oriented and nice to work with, with a down-to-earth approach.’

Key clients

  • John Cockerill
  • Solvay
  • Proximus
  • Orange
  • Bpost
  • Euronav
  • CA Indosuez Wealth
  • ING
  • KBC
  • Cityforward
  • Sofina
  • RTL Group

Work highlights

  • Advised John Cockerill SA on the multi-jurisdictional merger control aspects of the creation of a joint venture with the Dutch entity Technip Energies N.V. to become a unique provider of integrated and competitive green hydrogen solutions.
  • Advised Solvay NV/SA on the multi-jurisdictional merger control and FDI screening aspects of its global reorganisation and partial demerger under Belgian law into two independent listed companies, Solvay and Syensqo.
  • Advising Belgium's leading postal operator bpost on the sole control acquisition of Staci SAS, a France-based leading player in the Contract Logistics space with international presence and benefitting from a unique and differentiated positioning in “flexible high-value logistics”.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Gerwin Van Gerven, Bernd Meyring, Lodewick Prompers

Other key lawyers

Liliane Gam