Competition lawyers
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Kjetil Vågen
Kjetil Vågen has extensive experience in advising clients within the various types of chain operations, with main focus on the retail/trade segment. Vågen assists a great number of chain operators, both franchise chains and chains in which the distributor owns all distribution channels, as well as chains that are a combination of such chains. The client base includes international, European, Nordic and Norwegian actors. An increasing degree of the assistance Vågen provides is connected to international actors who wish to start operations in the Nordic or Norwegian market by establishing corporate structures, acquisitions, establishing master franchise agreements with the associated sub franchise agreements and/or joint venture agreements, along with the accompanying clarifications of Norwegian legal requirements in connection with, inter alia, the regulatory requirements connected to e-trade (including possible concession requirements for payment companies under PSD2), competition law, privacy laws, with special focus on customer rights. The client base mainly operates within the retail segment, but clients also include restaurant chains and service businesses, such as hotel chains. Kjetil Vågen assists clients with mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, franchise agreements, trademark law, competition law, public procurements, distribution agreements, joint venture agreements, privacy protection/GDPR, lease agreements, bankruptcy and contract law.
Advokatfirmaet CLP DA
Koen T'Syen
Counsel Koen T'Syen specialises in commercial litigation and competition law. Koen has successfully represented clients before civil and administrative courts as well as in alternative dispute resolution procedures such as mediation. He also advises clients on a wide range of commercial matters including contract law, distribution law and unfair market practices. Koen has extensive experience in and knowledge of the life sciences and energy sectors, both at the Belgian and EU levels. In the field of competition law, Koen focuses on abuses of dominance and cartels. Koen was appointed as the National Reporter for Belgium at the 2016 Congress of the International League of Competition Law (LIDC) in Geneva in view of his expertise in life sciences and competition law. He regularly writes articles on Belgian business law and competition law issues.
Van Bael & Bellis
Koen Van Maldegem
I am a Partner in our Brussels office and I specialise in corporate law, competition law, public procurement law, labour-management relations and contract law.
Fieldfisher
Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos
Junior Partner
ALG Manousakis Law Firm
Koray Söğüt
Partner
KST Law / Kinstellar Istanbul
Kostas Fatsis
Partner.
AKL Law Firm
Krešimir Kiš
Partner
OREHOVEC KIŠ ŠIMUNOVIC
Kris Van Hove
Partner Kris Van Hove focuses on EU and national competition law, as well as regulatory law. He specialises in competition law, with particular expertise in cartels, merger control, dominant market positions, distribution and technology transfer. Kris also specialises in regulatory matters in the area of aviation law. Kris’s practice covers a wide variety of sectors, including car parts, aviation, consumer products, basic industries, steel, energy, chemicals, construction equipment, building materials, electronics, music, and information and communications technology. He handles notifications and investigations as well as litigation before the EU and national courts. Kris’s notable experience includes the appeal to the EU General Court which led to the annulment of the Commission CISAC decision. Kris has extensive experience in representing clients in cartel defence cases, including leniency and settlement proceedings and litigation. He led the team that assisted one of the parties in the Commission’s first-ever direct settlement case (DRAM). Since then, he has been involved in several other settlement procedures (such as automotive bearings) and standard procedures (such as smart card chips). Kris acted as counsel for Japan Airlines in the proceeding before the EU General Court which overturned the Commission 2010 Air Freight decision and annulled Japan Airlines’ €35.7 million fine. He was part of the team that received the Global Competition Review Matter of the Year award in 2016 for his involvement in the case, which also won the American Lawyer’s Global Dispute of the Year: International Litigation award for 2016. In 2017, Global Competition Review 100 noted Kris as one of “the firm’s lawyers [who] excel in European court appeals stemming from DG Comp decisions”. He was named as one of 20 of the world’s foremost competition practitioners by Who’s Who Legal for Competition – Thought Leaders for 2018 and again for 2019. According to Who’s Who Legal 2020: Kris “is highlighted as ‘an excellent competition lawyer who ranks among the best’.” And also in Chambers Global 2021, he is described as "an excellent competition lawyer" who "stays calm and makes the right judgement calls." He regularly lectures and writes on competition law matters.
Van Bael & Bellis
Krista Ellul
Associate
Camilleri Preziosi
Kristin Hjelmaas Valla
Partner
Kvale Advokatfirma DA
Kristina Zejak
Attorney at Law
Stanivuk & Manasijevski a.o.d. Belgrade
Kristof Zadora
Kristof Zadora is a partner of our firm’s Commercial Law department specialising on the one hand in Distribution Law and the manufacturing activities of our clients and on the other hand in IT Law, privacy and data protection. He has experience in: drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements (e.g. distribution, commercial agency, franchising, commissioning, contract manufacturing, private label, service agreements); drafting and negotiating various types of IT contracts, such as software license agreements, SaaS contracts, SLAs, software development agreements, escrow agreements, servicing & support agreements, framework contracts, general terms and conditions and so on; the application, planning and implementation of the rules in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and acts as Data Protection Officer in the context of specific assignments. Kristof, for example, provides advice on the preparation of processing registers, carries out privacy audits, elaborates step plans for the implementation of the GDPR, drafts data processing agreements and provides type communication to data subjects in the exercise of their rights, information in the context of data breaches, in the creation of a databreach register, in the drafting of privacy policies and in terms and conditions for websites; risk assessment in view of potential court cases and settlements, nationally and internationally, in particular in the framework of ERP implementations; assisting clients in negotiating and settling disputes with customers and suppliers; conducting complex litigation cases before Belgian courts and alternative dispute resolution such as arbitration (e.g. International Court of Arbitration in Paris) and mediation; advising in regards to structuring of national and international distribution networks; advising clients from a variety of industries regarding compliance with competition law; E-commerce (distance selling), electronic invoicing, commercial practices, combined offers, unfair contract terms, comparative advertising, unfair competition and related injunctions. Kristof advises clients from various industries and sectors, such as food and beverages (including supplements), medical devices, IT, technology, fashion, trading and wholesale, heavy machinery (e.g. construction, agriculture and state of the art production lines) and automotive.
Monard Law
Krzysztof Witek
Attorney at law
Schoenherr Halwa Okon Chyb sp.k
Lasse Laaksonen
Partner Lasse Laaksonen specialises in both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and technology law. He has wide-ranging experience in litigation and strategic contractual issues, such as outsourcing, procurement and licensing. Lasse’s practice has a strong emphasis on contentious work having acted as a lead counsel in a number of high-profile patent, trademark, unfair competition and competition cases. In addition, Lasse has acted as a lead counsel in a number of significant arbitral proceedings with a link in IP or technology issues. Lasse heads the firm’s IP & Commercial team.
Borenius
Laura Kauppila
Specialist Counsel
Avance
Laura Krug
Laura Krug is an Associate in the Fieldfisher's Berlin office and advises in the field of intellectual property. She advises in particular in the areas of trade mark, design and copyright law and competition law. A particular focus of her work is the extrajudicial and judicial enforcement and defence of IP rights, both in proceedings for interim legal protection and in proceedings on the merits. She also advises on product launches and advertising campaigns. Another focus of her work is strategic advice and support for brand portfolios.
Fieldfisher
Laura Treacy
Partner
McCann FitzGerald LLP
Laura Valverde
Senior Associate at Facio&Cañas
Facio & Cañas
Laure Bersou
Laure Bersou is a member of the Competition Law and Regulatory practice.
Strelia
Laurence Borrel-Prat
Partner Lawyer Founder of the law firm BORREL d'ARCHE Non-permanent member of the College of the French Competition Authority Lecturer at the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas, at the University of Paris 1- Panthéon Sorbonne and at the University of Versailles
Borrel d’Arche
Laurence Wynaendts
Counsel
LPA Law
Laurent Godfroid
Laurent Godfroid is a partner in Gide's Competition team in Brussels. He has recognised expertise in EU and French competition law, including mergers, vertical and horizontal agreements, abuses of dominant positions and state aid, which he has been practising for over 25 years. He also specialises in monitoring Community regulations and the questions of interpretation they may raise, in the context of legislative proposals or existing directives or regulations. In this capacity, he represents his clients before the European Commission, the Court of Justice and the French Competition Authority. Laurent specialises in several sectors: rail, road and airline transport, agro-chemicals, cloud computing, the internet and pay and free television. Laurent holds an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Leicester (England) and an LL.M. in Community Law from the College of Europe (Bruges). He is a member of the Brussels and Paris Bars.
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I
Lennart Garnes
Special Counsel
SANDS
Leo Caseria
Leo Caseria defends companies in complex antitrust litigation. The co-leader of the Antitrust and Competition practice group, he also helps businesses navigate through antitrust and Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) issues in mergers and acquisitions. Representing clients nationwide from the Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles offices, Leo has led the defense of antitrust litigation involving alleged conspiracies and monopolization, through motions practice and trial. He has also led and supervised everything from HSR filing through Second Request for merging parties.
Sheppard