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Stibbe

Competition: Domestic

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Stibbe’s EU and Competition team has a wealth of expertise in EU law and all areas of domestic and EU competition law, including cartels and anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance and economic dependence, merger control, State aid, follow-on civil litigation, foreign direct investment regulation, internal market (secondary) legislation, regulated markets, trade law and unfair commercial practices.

 

The team successfully represents leading businesses in landmark cases brought before the national authorities, European Commission, national courts, and the European Courts in Luxembourg.

Industries (17)

  • Automobiles & Parts
  • Banks
  • Chemicals
  • Consumer Product Manufacturing
  • Energy
  • Financial Services
  • Government
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Insurance
  • Media
  • Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
  • Real Estate
  • Retail
  • Technology, Hardware & Electronics
  • Telecommunications
  • Transportation
  • Utilities

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Competition: Domestic - Belgium

Band 2

What the Team is Known For
Stibbe offers both Belgian and international clients advice across a range of competition matters before the Belgian Competition Authority. The law firm represents clients in cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, as well as domestic merger control matters. It has notable experience in sports sector cases that seek to apply competition law principles to decisions made by sports governing bodies, as well as expertise in consumer goods, telecoms and automotive cases. The team also represents the addressees of EC cartel decisions in follow-on damages claims brought in Belgium.
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Work Highlights

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  • Stibbe represented Infront Sports & Media AG in a dispute initiated by RTBF concerning the sale of TV rights pertaining to professional cycling races, including fundamental questions on the application of competition law to sports events and TV broadcasting.

Notable Practitioners

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  • Sophie Van Besien
    Sophie Van Besien

    Sophie Van Besien

    Sophie Van Besien enters the rankings this year on the back of handling a broad range of competition law work, including merger control proceedings, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance allegations and appeals against authority decisions.

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