‘A great asset for a company confronted with a competition proceeding’, the CMS antitrust, competition, and trade team is co-headed by Annabelle Lepièce and Dirk Van Liedekerke. Lepiece is particularly lauded for her state aid work in the airports and air transport industry, and she is also specialised in foreign subsidies and foreign direct investment control. Van Liedekerke is an ’exceptional lawyer’ with a notable focus on digital fields and electronic communications regulation. The practice's work in the pharmaceuticals and railways sectors also stands out.
Testimonials
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‘It's a pleasure and a privilege to work with this close-knit team on sensitive matters! They have this rare skill to make their expertise available even to those who are not lawyers in their client companies, to explain complex situations in a very accessible way without sacrificing nuance or elaborate legal strategy.'
'The team is a great asset for a company confronted with a competition proceeding.’
Key clients
- Proximus
- Horeca Totaal
Work highlights
- Assisted Proximus with all competition law and merger control aspects related to the acquisition by Proximus Opal of a controlling stake (57.56%) in Route Mobile from the founding shareholders of the company, followed by a reinvestment by some of the founding Route Mobile shareholders into Proximus Opal.