About
Provided by BarentsKrans
The EU & Competition team handles a wide range of contentious and non-contentious competition law matters. It has an (internationally) well-established competition litigation practice, a solid competition law practice representing clients in matters before the Dutch competition authority (dawn raids, investigations and merger control) as well as a thriving public procurement practice. The team has specific expertise in the Food & Agri, the construction industry, the financial sector and a focus on the transformation to renewable energy and other long-term sustainability initiatives. Clients include e.g. Claims Funding Europe, Canon and BMW.
Chambers Review
Based in The Hague, Dutch law firm BarentsKrans frequently acts for clients on cartel and abuse of dominance follow-on damages litigation, often working alongside the firm's well-respected disputes practice. The team also represents clients in antitrust investigations and dawn raids. The law firm assists with merger clearance and distribution issues.
Work Highlights
- BarentsKrans represented Macedonian Thrace Brewery in its follow-on litigation against Heineken and Athenian Brewery, in relation to Athenian Brewery's abuse of dominance fines by the Greek authority.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The partner availability and involvement is great."
"The lawyers have a great understanding of our business."
"BarentsKrans has a large and diverse team of specialists in many areas, which allows for quick discussions on topics you are not familiar with."
"The partner availability and involvement is great."
"The lawyers have a great understanding of our business."
"BarentsKrans has a large and diverse team of specialists in many areas, which allows for quick discussions on topics you are not familiar with."
Notable Practitioners
Joost Fanoy assists with a variety of competition issues, including acting on the claimant side on follow-on litigation, as well as representing clients in ongoing investigations. He demonstrates further expertise assisting clients with merger clearance and regulatory compliance work.
"Joost has a very good antennae on how to come up with legally and commercially acceptable solutions."
"He is able to present legal issues in very simple terms."
Ranked Lawyers at
BarentsKrans
Netherlands
Members
Provided by BarentsKrans
Head of Department
Karlijn de Groes
Moira Lanters
Sebastiaan van Dam
Sophie Gilliam
Tim Raats