BELGIUM Law and Practice Contributed by: Peter L’Ecluse, Koen T’Syen and Amirsalar Kavoosi, Van Bael & Bellis
Van Bael & Bellis (VBB) is a leading EU and UK competition law practice, advising on the full range of competition issues, including merger control. From its offices in Brussels and Lon - don, the VBB team assists clients at both the EU and national levels, notably appearing be - fore the European Commission, the UK Compe - tition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the EU and UK courts, acting as lead counsel in many landmark cases. Within the field of merger con - trol, a VBB team of EU and UK specialists rep -
resents merging parties and complainants in cases involving key issues of jurisdiction, pro - cedure and substantive law, and has secured clearance for numerous complex transactions before the European Commission and the CMA. It also helps clients to obtain merger clearance from member state authorities for transactions that do not meet EU thresholds. The firm is fre - quently called on to co-ordinate global merger control filings.
Authors
Peter L’Ecluse is a partner at Van Bael & Bellis, specialising in competition law and regulatory law at both the European and Belgian levels. He has been involved in most landmark cases
Koen T’Syen is a senior counsel at Van Bael & Bellis, specialising in Belgian competition law and Belgian and EU regulatory law.
His competition law practice focuses on merger control, antitrust investigations and follow-on damages litigation. Koen regularly represents clients before the Belgian Competition Authority and in civil and administrative proceedings before Belgian courts. He has also appeared before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Koen is an active member of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) and the International Bar Association (IBA).
in Belgian competition law, with expertise spanning merger control, dominant market positions, cartels and procedural issues. Peter regularly appears before European institutions, including the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Commission, as well as Belgian courts and authorities, such as the Constitutional Court, the Markets Court, the Council of State and the Belgian Competition Authority.
Amirsalar Kavoosi is an associate at Van Bael & Bellis, specialising in EU and Belgian competition law. He holds an LL.M. in European Legal Studies from the College of Europe and
is a teaching assistant at the Institute for European Law at KU Leuven.
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