For clients in the telecoms, media, and platform-related industries, Crowell & Moring‘s antitrust and competition team is a go-to. Its competition damages recovery and state aid work is also notable. The team additionally handles litigation work, represents clients in cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, and advises on merger filings. Thomas De Meese heads the team, often representing parties in investigations and merger proceedings before the Belgian Competition Authority. For risk management matters, as well as state aid regulation, Karel Bourgeois is recommended.
Testimonials
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‘Memos are pragmatic and discussed multiple times to come to a business oriented document.'
‘Karel Bourgeois is a highly available partner in all kinds of competition related matters providing pragmatic advice in the interest of our business.’
Key clients
- AT&T
- Liberty Global
Work highlights
- Advising Telenet, the largest provider of cable broadband services in Belgium, on the competition law aspects of several of their transactions.
- Assisted the Belgian federal government with the notification to the European Commission of a State aid scheme to support the construction of new offshore wind farms in the North Sea.