Jean-François Bellis
Jean-François Bellis is a founding partner of Van Bael & Bellis. Before setting up the firm in 1986, he clerked for Lord Mackenzie Stuart, the British judge at the European Court of Justice, and was a partner in the European law department of a major Brussels law firm. Jean-François has several decades of experience in competition and trade law, representing clients in numerous cases before the European Commission and the EU Courts. In the field of EU Competition law, Jean-François assists clients on all aspects of competition law with particular expertise in cartels, abuses of dominance and merger control. He has acted in landmark competition case including United Brands, Woodpulp, Michelin I and II, Microsoft and Intel. In the field of EU and International Trade Law, Jean-François has assisted clients in numerous anti-dumping and anti-subsidy cases in proceedings before the European Commission and in related litigation before the EU Courts and the WTO dispute settlement system. He was appointed by the WTO Director-General as a member of the WTO panel in the Automotive Leather dispute between the US and Australia. · Van Bael & Bellis
About
Jean-François Bellis is a founding partner of Van Bael & Bellis with several decades of experience in EU competition and international trade law, representing clients before the European Commission, the EU Courts and the WTO. He specialises in cartels, abuses of dominance, merger control and anti-dumping/anti-subsidy matters; he has acted in landmark competition cases including United Brands, Woodpulp, Michelin I & II, Microsoft and Intel, was appointed by the WTO Director-General to a panel in the Automotive Leather dispute, and earlier served as Legal Secretary (clerk) to Lord Mackenzie Stuart at the European Court of Justice.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- University of Michigan Law School – LL.M., 1974
- University of Brussels (ULB) – Law Degree, 1972
Admissions
- Brussels Bar