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Gerrit Oosterhuis

Global 2026

Houthoff

Ranked in 1 practice area

Competition: EU

Belgium

6 years ranked

About

Provided by Houthoff

Global

Practice Areas

Gerrit heads the Brussels office of Houthoff. He advises on Dutch and EU competition law as well as investment screening (FDI).

Gerrit's competition law practice encompasses merger notifications, cartel investigations and stand-alone competition litigation. He also advises on complex distribution practices, joint ventures, and abuse of dominance.

He has considerable experience with notifications of complex transactions to the European Commission and the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, as well as to the authorities in charge of FDI screening. He regularly coordinates multiple notifications to authorities worldwide.

Gerrit represents clients from a wide range of sectors, specifically food, consumer products, energy and automotive

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Chambers Global Guide

Competition: EU - Belgium

Foreign expert in Netherlands

Individual Editorial

Dutch-qualified Gerrit Oosterhuis often assists clients with notifying mergers and joint ventures before the Dutch competition authorities. He also has experience in foreign direct investment issues and unfair competition law complaints.

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Strengths

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His management of work deliverables, and personal involvement in all discussions added a lot value, which led to success in our matter.
Competition: EUChambers Global Guide
He is practical, hands-on and above fun to work with.
Competition: EUChambers Global Guide