Martine De Koning

EU & competition law, Commerce & Trade.

Martine leads cases on abuse of dominance, vertical restraints and transfer of technology. Martine advises and handles disputes on tying, pricing, rebates, trademark and patent licensing and know how. With her lifelong focus on the fashion and retail sector she acts for her clients on amongst others internet sales restrictions, third party platform restrictions, geoblocking, omnichannel, e-commerce, horizontal and vertical data sharing, loyalty programs and big data.

She structures complex international cooperation such as joint ventures, outsourcing and vertical (channel) agreements. She handles sales, manufacturing, procurement, logistics, transportation, warehousing, joint ventures, outsourcing and other domestic and international commercial contracts and related disputes. She also practices in customs and trade, and product safety and compliance. Martine’s interests include international trade unions and treaties (EU, WTO, ASEAN, APEC, NAFTA, Caricom) and exports regulations and sanctions.

Member of the Vereniging voor distributie-, franchise- en agentuurovereenkomsten (DFA)

Member of the Nederlandse vereniging Europees Recht

Member of the Vereniging voor Mededingingsrecht (VvM)

Member of the Global Network Group

Member of the Nederlandse Franchise Vereniging (NFV)