Representative matters

1. Acting for Swiss Transmission System Operator Swissgrid in various pieces of litigation against European Commission before European courts, including dispute regarding electricity balancing platforms (case C121/23 P, Swissgrid v. European Commission, judgment of 13 February 2025).
2. Representing three electricity suppliers in seeking European Commission exemption from application of public procurement rules to electricity production and wholesale markets in Belgium pursuant to Article 34 of “Utilities” Directive 2014/25/EU.  
3. Acting for Haleon in a case alleged to involve category management before the Belgian Competition Authority (decision of 24 April 2025).
4. Advising a major market actor regarding competition law aspects of combination therapies of medicinal products (2023-2024).
5. Acting for Le Creuset in a distribution case before the Belgian Competition Authority (decision of 13 December 2023).
6. Successfully defending a meteorological company in competition cases before the Belgian Competition Authority and civil courts (2018 – 2019).
7. Co-arguing landmark competition cases before the European Courts (case C-126/97, Eco Swiss China Time v. Benetton, judgment of 1 June 1999; case  T-111/96, ITT Promedia v. European Commission, judgment of 17 July 1998).

Professional 

1. Admitted to Brussels Bar, 11 May 1991
2. Former member of the Bar Council of Dutch language lawyers (Brussels)

Academic

1. The George Washington University Law School, Washington DC, Master of Comparative Law, 1987
2. University of Leuven (KUL), Master of Laws, 1986
3. University of Leuven (KUL), Baccalaureus of Philosophy, 1985

1. Member of editorial board of Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht/Revue de droit commercial belge,  competition and regulated markets section

1. Best Lawyer – Lawyer of the Year for Biotechnology and Life Sciences 2020
2. Chambers Europe – Competition: Domestic
3. Chambers Europe for Intellectual Property
4. Chambers Europe – ‘Leaders In Their Field’ (Competition: Domestic)
5. Chambers Europe – ‘Leaders In Their Field’ (Intellectual Property)
6. IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners
7. Managing Intellectual Property – IP Star
8. LMG Life Sciences (Europe) – Life Sciences Star
9. PLC for Belgium Life Sciences – Regulatory
10. PLC for Belgium Life Sciences – Intellectual Property
11. PLC for Europe Life Sciences – Competition/Anti-trust
12. PLC for Belgian Competition Law/Anti-trust
13. PLC for Belgium Dispute Resolution
14. International Who’s Who Legal for Life Sciences
15. Legal 500 for Intellectual Property
16. Legal 500 for Dispute Resolution
17. Legal 500 for EU Regulatory – Healthcare and Life Sciences
18. European Legal Experts for Intellectual Property
19. World IP Review – WIPR Leader

Publications

Widely published on issues involving life sciences and competition law.

Highlights:

1. Belgium chapter, Chambers Merger Control Guide (2025) (with Amirsalar Kavoosi and Koen T’Syen)
2. Het Brussels hof van beroep spreekt zich uit voor de vertrouwelijkheid van adviezen van bedrijfsjuristen en behandelt ook andere aspecten van elektronische huiszoeking in concurrentiezaken, Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht / Revue de Droit Commercial Belge (2014/3) (with Lieselot Mariën)
3. Artikel 101, VWEU – Van openbare orde in Luxemburg maar niet in Brussel? Enkele bedenkingen bij het ‘Haacht’-arrest van het Hof van Cassatie, Tijdschrift voor Belgische Mededinging / Revue de la Concurrence Belge (2010/3) (with Anne Lamote)
4. “Akzo” en zijn nakomelingen : geen winnaars, enkel verliezers, Jaarboek Marktpraktijken, Intellectuele Eigendom en Mededinging / Annuaire Pratiques du Marché, Propriété Intellectuelle et Concurrence (2010) 

Speaking engagements

Regular conference speaker. 

Recent events:

1. Evolving EU pharmaceutical supply and shortage obligations (with Axel Korth), EU Pharmaceutical Law Forum, Informa, Brussels, 21 May 2025: speaker
2. Recent antitrust healthcare and pharmaceutical developments (with Michelle Clerkin; Enzo Marasà; and Nissim Massarano), American Bar Association webinar, 18 July 2024: speaker 
3. New obligations and liability for your supply chain (with Evi Mathiou), EU Pharmaceutical Law Forum, Informa, Brussels, 24 May 2023: speaker
4. EU – the new Health Technology Assessment Regulation, International Bar Association, 8^th annual world life sciences conference, Paris, 4 June 2022: speaker
5. Expanding possibilities for unauthorised off-label use of medicines before and after marketing authorisation (with Catherine Longeval), EU Pharmaceutical Law Forum, Informa, Brussels, 19 May 2021: speaker
6. Abuse of economic dependency (with Anne-Sophie Meire; Isabel Oest; and Florent Prunet), Competition, Brussels, 12 March 2020: speaker