Faros

Frank Wijckmans

Frank is senior partner within Faros, handling EU and domestic competition law matters. He handled some of the most notorious cases both at EU level (such as Akzo predatory pricing; Tractors on information exchange; Volvo/Renault and Volvo/Scania on merger control; Trucks on cartels) and the Belgian domestic level (such as Honda on abuse of dominance; Supermarkets on hub and spoke cartels; White Star in the sports field; Kinepolis on remedies in merger control; Volvo/Kant on merger control). Frank acted as expert advisor to DG Competition of the EC regarding the new EU competition law regime on vertical agreements. His report was published on the DG Competition website. Frank is assessor at the BCA (appointed in that position by the Belgian government in February 2022). Frank is professor at the Brussels School of Competition (LL.M.), where he teaches the “Law and Economics of Vertical Restraints”. He is author of leading monographs such as “Vertical Agreements in EU Competition Law” which is in its third and soon fourth edition and is published by Oxford University Press. His most recent publication is "Horizontal Agreements - Block Exemptions & Horizontal Guidelines - Toolbook for Practitioners" (LeA Publishers) on the revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations on R&D and Specialisation agreements (‘HBERs') and the revised 2023 Horizontal Guidelines. He wrote this book together with Faros partners Emmelie Wijckmans, Maaike Visser and Karolien Francken and with Faros Associate Annemie Van de Vliet and Faros consultant Morgane Smets. This book contains the new legislation with indications of key words in bold, as well as a practical Q&A. Frank regularly speaks at leading national and international conferences on competition law. In addition to his competition law practice, Frank has extensive experience in arbitration. He has been designated arbitrator in several ICC, Cepani and ad hoc arbitrations. He has acted as an expert witness on competition matters in arbitration proceedings. He is teaching a workshop on arbitration and competition law at the Brussels School of Competition.