Practice Areas
Sébastien Engelen is a partner at contrast. He is a specialist in EU and Belgian competition law. He handles antitrust, merger control and State aid cases, as well as general EU law matters (EU freedoms, Structural Funds...). He also practices general commercial law, including distribution law.
As head of contrast’s State aid practice, Sébastien advises clients on the qualification of a measure from a state aid law perspective and the manners to ensure the compatibility of an aid measure with EU rules.
Sébastien is used to assisting both private and public clients in non-contentious and contentious matters. He conducts litigation before National Competition Authorities as well as national and European courts. He strongly believes that it is better to be safe than sorry, therefore he regularly gives competition law compliance trainings.
In addition, Sébastien regularly contributes to publications in the field of competition law.