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Europe Guide 2023
Netherlands Competition/European Law
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Band 4

1 Ranked Lawyers

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.

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Competition/European Law - Netherlands
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Band 4
What the team is known for

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

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  • 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.

Notable Practitioners

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Joost Fanoy
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Joost Fanoy
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Band 3

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."

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Joost Fanoy
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Joost Fanoy
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Band 3

Members

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Joost Fanoy

Head of Department

Karlijn de Groes

Moira Lanters

Sebastiaan van Dam

Sophie Gilliam

Tim Raats