Europe Guide 2026 : Netherlands
Ranked Individuals
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Our European & Competition Law team provides clients with strategic advice and practical solutions in complex cases. The experienced and internationally recognised team has extensive experience in complex domestic and cross-border European and competition law matters.
Our experts have proven expertise in European law and all areas of competition law, including cartels and anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance, merger control, foreign direct investment (FDI), the regulation of foreign subsidies (FSR), civil follow-on litigation, state aid, and market regulation. The team has thorough sector-specific knowledge supported by the firm’s unique top-tier industry focus groups. This enables us to provide our clients with sound sector-specific advice and tailored solutions.
Our relationships with national and European regulatory bodies are good and our extensive global network of top European and competition lawyers allows us to provide targeted advice to international clients. Our experts advise and represent leading companies in groundbreaking cases before national competition authorities, the European Commission and national and European courts in the following areas.
Anti-competitive agreements and cartels
Abuse of dominance
Merger control and foreign direct investment (FDI)
Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR)
Competition Litigation
State Aid
Market regulation
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Van Doorne has a broad competition law practice, with the team assisting clients both on merger control and FDI filings and on behavioural investigations, as well as representing them in competition litigation concerning appeals against authority decisions and follow-on damages actions. Team members also have experience in competition law compliance mandates.
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Van Doorne represented Meneba in a litigation concerning the liability of a parent company for cartel fines.
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The team provides clear knowledge on business relationships while also understanding and respecting internal decision making.
The team is always responsive and the client gets good service.
The fact that the lawyers have good relationships with the regulatory bodies is something which instils trust. They ask the right questions and do this in a fast way.
The team is always responsive, easy to work with and has flat hierarchies.
We appreciate the team's deep technical knowledge combined with a pragmatic approach. The lawyers are personable and very approachable.
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Sarah Beeston moves up in the rankings on the back of her broad competition law practice, which encompasses behavioural investigations, appeals against decisions, follow-on damages actions and merger control filings.
Sarah Beeston has great insights, outstanding expertise in competition law, and very warm personality.
She always tries to do whatever to meet the client's expectation, but is also very realistic and honest. She has very good communication skills.
She is a pleasure to work with and is on top of cutting-edge cases, which she approaches very practically.
Sarah Beeston is very experienced and pragmatic.
Maurits Terlouw enters the rankings this year on the back of notable activity in merger control and FDI filings. He has further experience assisting with abuse of dominance investigations and competition law compliance.
Maurits Terlouw is very focused, dedicated, swift and realistic in his advice. He is also very relatable which in the regulatory world is an important asset.
He is highly experienced with competition authorities and is able to execute this process smoothly. He really unburdens the customer.
He is personable, approachable and very knowledgeable.
He is knowledgeable and gives good advice.
Pim Jansen enters the rankings this year on the back of positive feedback. He assists clients with FDI filings and behavioural investigations, as well as advising on competition compliance mandates, particularly with regard to ESG requirements.
Pim Jansen is very clever. His academic career next to his law practice keeps him very sharp.
He is excellent in combining academic knowledge and analysis with practical insights.
Pim Jansen has extensive expertise in Dutch competition law.
Pim Jansen brings academic expertise in economic administrative law together with practical, hands-on advice that added real value.
Head of Competition/European Law
Competition/European Law
Competition/European Law
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Maurits Terlouw
Pim Jansen
Nina Korstenbroek
Maurits Terlouw
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