ALTIUS‘s commercial and competition offering constitutes a ’great team with deep knowledge of EU competition law’ that is experienced in merger control matters and antitrust damages litigation. Sitting at the helm of the team, Carmen Verdonck has expertise regarding the Belgian and EU competition authorities, and Beatrijs Gielen has a particular focus on IP rights and pharmaceuticals sectors.
Testimonials
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‘Great team with deep knowledge of EU competition law.’
‘Carmen Verdonck as partner and Beatrijs Gielen as counsel are both great to work with, efficient, fast, knowledgeable, and pragmatic.'
‘The team is very strong academically and commercially.'
‘Carmen Verdonk and Beatrijs Gielen are both very responsive and know their stuff. They have been involved in some of the most ground breaking cases year on year.’
Key clients
- Campine
- Siemens
- Flemish Government
- Indufin
- Beiersdorf
- PACE
- Citymesh
- Fost Plus
- Bolton
- Henco
- Bricon
Work highlights
- Advising Campine on proceedings before the General Court and the Court of Justice regarding the fine imposed by the Commission and the Commission’s refusal to pay interest on the amount of the fine that was provisionally paid by Campine and thereafter partially annulled by the General Court.
- Assisting private investment fund Indufin Investment Fund with the merger clearance proceedings of its acquisition of joint control, together with BNP Paribas Fortis Private Equity Belgium NV, Jan Penne and Frans Penne, in the PENNE GROUP.
- Advising Citymesh on all competition law questions and proceedings concerning its entry into the Belgian telecoms market and the roll-out of its 5G-network, as well as regarding the appeal against Proximus’ acquisition of EDPNET and on its intervention in the ground-breaking case launched by the Belgian competition prosecutor against Proximus concerning this acquisition.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Carmen Verdonck