Fine for Samsung: enforcement of vertical agreements is back at ACM’s agenda
On 29 September 2021, the Dutch competition authority (Autoriteit Consument & Markt) (ACM) published the news that it had imposed …
We provide our clients a full range of services on European and Dutch competition law and regulatory matters. We have ample expertise in the field of cartels, distribution and agency agreements, cooperation agreements, leniency, abuse of dominance, compliance, inspections by competition authorities (dawn raids), merger control, state aid, FDI screening, consumer protection, public procurement and level-playing-field disputes, and preventing and resolving regulatory and consumer law disputes.
We have a market-leading energy regulatory practice and ample experience in other regulated markets, including healthcare, water and waste, transport and aviation, and technology and e-commerce.
The team is commended by clients for its “extensive experience in competition law,” and clients also admire the lawyers’ “solid, no-nonsense and quick advice.”
We have ample experience with cartel and abuse of dominance cases:
Our competition team is well versed in merger control procedures. The team’s broad experience includes:
The team’s broad capabilities also include:
For specific examples of our extensive competition law experience, please refer to our strong track record.
The Regulated Markets team advises and litigates on sector-specific issues and represents clients before European and national regulators and policymakers on sector-specific legislation and litigation issues.
We help clients in the complex world of changing laws and regulations, as well as regulation and enforcement of sector-specific laws and regulations by regulators like the ACM. We can provide assistance and advice across every sector of the economy.
(Chambers Europe – Energy and Natural Resources)
We have unique expertise and an outstanding track record in the Energy and Utilities sector. We represent our clients (including major industrialists, grid managers, energy producers, energy suppliers and industry associations) in oil and gas, electricity and heat, and in the development of relatively new activities around CCS(U) (carbon capture and storage (and usage)), geothermal energy, sustainable heat, green hydrogen and sustainable and circular energy projects. We are involved in key themes like energy transition and energy law in the broadest sense and help our clients resolve or prevent disputes or issues in areas including tariff regulation, state aid, market and government, subsidies (such as the SDE(++)), electricity grid congestion, market abuse (REMIT), handling complex connection situations, major accidents and grid failures, and ambiguities in European and Dutch legislation and regulations. We also assist clients in designing (energy) projects and transactions in regulated markets and help mitigate the risks in these projects around planning law, including environmental law and spatial administrative law.
On 29 September 2021, the Dutch competition authority (Autoriteit Consument & Markt) (ACM) published the news that it had imposed …
Introduction On 9 July 2021, the European Commission (Commission) published the long-awaited drafts of the new Guidelines on Vertical Restraints …
Much like in other EU Member States, Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) screening has become a hot topic in the Netherlands. …