Jones Day
The team at Jones Day leverages the strength of its deep senior bench to expertly handle major Belgian-level merger proceedings, abuse of dominance cases, state aid issues, and follow-on litigation, including acting in proceedings before domestic courts and administrative bodies. Bernard Amory, who co-leads the firm’s global antitrust and competition practice, and Alexandre Verheyden, who oversees the Brussels office, both have significant experience in transatlantic merger and cartel work. Other key contacts in the practice include Laurent De Muyter and Yvan Desmedt.
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Testimonials
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‘Alexandre Verheyden is knowledgeable, available, nice, pragmatic and business minded.’
‘Highly skilled people, very open communication.'
‘Charlotte Breuvart is an outstanding lawyer. Besides an in-depth knowledge in competition law, she is also very business-oriented and very flexible.’
‘In-depth advice which is clear and to the point.’
'They are extremely strong in both legal advice and local procedures, which is hugely important when advising on local matters. Their expertise is really broad and supported by being part of a larger global team.'
'Bernard Amory is a class act.'
'I've found Laurent De Muyter extremely impressive. He has fantastic analytical skills, is very collaborative and great to work with. He also has superb knowledge of local procedures.'
Key clients
- bpost
- BT
- ECS Corporate
- Fluxys
- iSTAR Medical
- Luminus (subsidiary of EDF)
- Mastercard
- Mestdagh (subsidiary of Fidagh)
- Solvay S.A.
- Suez R&R Belgium
- Telenet / Liberty Global
Work highlights
- Successfully represented Carrefour and secured a ruling which rejected an attempt to challenge the Belgian Competition Authority’s clearance of Fidagh’s sale of Mestdagh to French company Groupement Les Mousquetaires/Intermarché on behalf of Fidagh.
- Successfully represented Newpharma in a case before the Belgian Competition Authority, which issued a decision to impose the maximum fine against beauty products manufacturer Caudalie in relation to Caudalie's illegal imposition of the sale price of its online products.
- Advised iStar Medical on its strategic alliance with AbbVie.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Bernard Amory, Alexandre Verheyden