Bird & Bird
Client SatisfactionBird & Bird‘s competition practice regularly handles multi-jurisdictional cartel matters, and works closely with the firm’s public affairs offering to support clients in competition cases. It has growing experience of the Belgian foreign direct investment regime, and often advises on compliance concerns. Hein Hobbelen co-heads the practice with José Rivas, Hobbelen combining technology sector knowledge with competition, including State aid, experience.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team at Bird & Bird is very engaged and responsive. Hein Hobbelen and Baptist Vleeshouwers are both thorough and dedicated.'
'Global reach and multi-jurisdictional expertise, contribution of Bird & Bird in forward-looking policy discussions about reputation risk in regulation that is not yet enforced.'
'Hands-on, practical and sector-focused pro active approach; standing out in tailored made training and strategy to mitigate antitrust risks in daily operations and strategy; and client-centred approach.'
Key clients
- Securitas
- EG
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- CLEPA
- ACE
Work highlights
- Represented Securitas successfully as the leniency applicant in the Belgian Competition Authority’s investigation into the Belgian security and guarding sector.
- Represented a generic pharmaceuticals manufacturer as an interested third party in the context of an investigation by the Belgian Competition Authority into an alleged cartel in the sector for distribution of pharmaceutical products to pharmacies.
- Advising Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health on the competition law aspects of its pricing policy and distribution system in Belgium.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
José Rivas, Hein Hobbelen