Europe Guide 2026 : Netherlands
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Provided by Maverick Advocaten
Maverick Advocaten is the independent and leading competition law firm in the Netherlands. The team has vast experience at the top of the Dutch legal profession.
Maverick Advocaten provides advice on Dutch and EU competition law, including cartels, abuse of dominance, (second phase) merger control and cartel damage claims. Maverick Advocaten also frequently advises clients on economic regulation, consumer law and EU law (including state aid, unfair competition and procurement law). Maverick Advocaten regularly represents clients in proceedings before the Dutch and EU courts, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets, the European Commission and the Dutch Healthcare Authority.
Maverick Advocaten represents clients in a wide variety of sectors, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, energy, transport, retail, media and communications.
Recent work:
Assisting a company in a European Commission dawn raid and investigation into alleged cartel prohibition violations in the synthetic turf sector
Representing a cartridge supplier in civil proceedings against Hewlett-Packard for allegedly abusing its dominant position on the printer and cartridges market and infringing the cartel prohibition with its selective distribution network
Representing International Air Transport Association (IATA) in civil proceedings regarding the interpretation of EU passenger rights regulation (261//2004)
Provided by Chambers
Maverick's team assists clients with a broad range of competition law matters, including merger control filings, behavioural investigations and competition law litigation. The law firm also advises on competition law compliance issues, particularly involving distribution.
Provided by Chambers
Maverick Advocaten advised Klaas de Boer on the merger control filing for its proposed acquisition by FincoEnergies.
Provided by Chambers
We appreciate the firm's sector expertise and pragmatic approach.
I'm really happy with the team, it is quick in responses, practical and open to feedback.
The lawyers are very focused and organised. Their responses frequently highlight relevant specific areas that had not been considered before.
Provided by Chambers
Martijn Van de Hel often advises clients on merger control filings, including those requiring phase II investigations. He also represents clients in cartel and abuse of dominance cases, as well as assisting with matters involving selective distribution.
He is a very experienced lawyer leading an excellent team.
Head of Competition/European Law
Provided by Maverick Advocaten
Diederik Schrijvershof
Head of Department
Cyriel Ruers
Judith Jansen
Adriaan Craita
Annabel Kingma
Leah Peeters
Mats Reijman
Paul Breithaupt
Saskia Stolk
Bas van Os
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