Competition: Domestic
Europe Guide 2024 : Belgium
Band 3
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Faros represents a whole host of significant Belgian groups on merger clearance mandates, including appeal proceedings. The team's wide-ranging practice additionally covers behavioural cases, from antitrust investigations for abuses of dominance to cartel proceedings. The lawyers are also equipped to assist companies with competition compliance matters.
Strengths
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"Faros' lawyers provide a lot of flexibility and more than adequate support."
"The lawyers are knowledgeable and responsive, which enables them to handle complex matters."
"The clear added value is that the lawyers have the talent of being very practical in their thinking and advice. In addition, they understand the situation quickly, can immediately come up with relevant questions and know the case law inside out."
"Faros provides hands-on advice which is directly implementable, regardless of the complexity or the scope of the matter."
"Faros provides a simply excellent service level. The team is always just one call away. It communicates very well about deadlines and its time management puts our teams at ease."
"Faros' lawyers provide a lot of flexibility and more than adequate support."
"The lawyers are knowledgeable and responsive, which enables them to handle complex matters."
"The clear added value is that the lawyers have the talent of being very practical in their thinking and advice. In addition, they understand the situation quickly, can immediately come up with relevant questions and know the case law inside out."
"Faros provides hands-on advice which is directly implementable, regardless of the complexity or the scope of the matter."
"Faros provides a simply excellent service level. The team is always just one call away. It communicates very well about deadlines and its time management puts our teams at ease."
Notable Practitioners
Frank Wijckmans has an established reputation as a leading expert in Belgian competition law matters. In addition to his demonstrable expertise in competition law issues pertaining to vertical agreements, Frank Wijckmans advises on BCA and EC investigations and on private damages actions filed in Belgian courts. He also assists clients with the EU and Belgian-level notification of transactions and with challenges to approvals given to historic transactions.
"Frank Wijckmans has specialist knowledge but also more of a helicopter view of where we are and where we should be."
"I think he is a great communicator and has a great sense for business, for what we need and for what makes sense from a business perspective."
"Frank Wijckmans is a truly rare personality with a genuine human touch and a profound sophistication in the most complicated matters of competition law."
"He is an exceptional business partner and brilliant strategist."
"Frank Wijckmans delivers high-quality work and is very strong in reassuring clients."