Fielding an ‘exceptionally competent and reliable team’, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek frequently acts on complex and cross-border merger control, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance cases, and vertical restraints. The group advises major multinationals on both contentious and advisory matters, often involving areas such as consumer law, digital regulation, FDI and FSR issues. Practice head Jolling de Pree stands out for his work on high-stakes litigation and investigations. Bart de Rijke continues to play a central role across merger control and multi-jurisdictional competition matters, while Helen Gornall brings strong experience in digital and tech-related competition work. Stephanie The and Geert Potjewijd are active across the full spectrum of competition mandates.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Outstanding in taking care of their clients, while providing top quality and honest advice.'
- ‘Extremely nice people to work with, very respectful and friendly.'
- ‘Very knowledgeable both on competition law and the markets where we are active. Practical approach, very responsive: in the Netherlands I don't know of any law firm delivering this high quality.’
- ‘Bart de Rijke is very pleasant to work with. Very knowledgeable in our field, unparalleled depth of advice, calm, responsive.'
- 'The team combined strong regulatory and governance expertise with very practical execution.'
- ‘Exceptionally competent and reliable team.'
Key clients
- Achmea
- AkzoNobel
- Ahold Delhaize
- American Express
- ASML
- Booking.com
- British Airways
- Celanese
- D.S. Smith
- EQT Partners
- FrieslandCampina
- J.P. Morgan
- Just Eat Takeaway.com
- Gasunie
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- NN Group
- PACCAR / DAF Trucks
- Pon Holdings
- Otis
- Rabobank
Work highlights
Acting as legal advisor to JET on the recommended public offer by Prosus for all issued and outstanding shares in JET.
Acted as TomTom's lead counsel in complaints against Google before the German Federal Cartel Office.
Advising leading Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina on its merger with the major Belgian dairy cooperative Milcobel.
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Practice head
Jolling de Pree
Other key lawyers
Machteld de Monchy; Vivian van Weperen; Stephanie The; Bart de Rijke; Helen Gornall; Geert Potjewijd