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Provided by Yvo de Vries
Yvo specialises in competition law and EU law and leads Houthoff’s Competition practice group. His practice includes merger control notifications with the EU Commission and the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, and foreign direct investment screening (FDI) matters. He is experienced in cartel investigations and EU antifraud investigations, and also advises on EU regulatory law matters.
Both in private practice and his past career as a government agent before the European Court of Justice, Yvo has extensively litigated various competition and other EU law disputes (including State aid and subsidy matters) before the EU courts. He also worked in-house at Philips International, advising on cartel cases, and on competition law and compliance issues.
Past work experience:
• Advised DSM on its merger with Firmenich and related competition and FDI issues
• Advised Aegon on the sale of its CEE activities to VIG and related FDI issues
• Represented a corporation in an EU anti-fraud investigation and related EDES and subsidy recovery procedures
• Represented a corporation in subsidy litigation before the EU courts
Provided by Chambers
Yvo de Vries has particular expertise advising clients on cartel investigations and appeals against ACM decisions. In addition, he has experience in merger clearance filings.
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He is strong on content, knows the case on a detailed level, and is charismatic.
Yvo de Vries is very experienced, with a very calm attitude. He is a very smart guy, like a walking library, which is really helpful.
He stands out for his commercial awareness and proactive approach.
Yvo de Vries has an excellent understanding of our position and interests.
He is strong on content, knows the case on a detailed level, and is charismatic.
Yvo de Vries is very experienced, with a very calm attitude. He is a very smart guy, like a walking library, which is really helpful.
He stands out for his commercial awareness and proactive approach.
Yvo de Vries has an excellent understanding of our position and interests.