Competition/European Law
Europe Guide 2024 : Netherlands
Band 3
About
Provided by Maverick Advocaten
Maverick Advocaten is the independent and leading competition law firm in the Netherlands. The team has vast experience at the top of the Dutch legal profession.
Maverick Advocaten provides advice on Dutch and EU competition law, including cartels, abuse of dominance, (second phase) merger control and cartel damage claims. Maverick Advocaten also frequently advises clients on economic regulation, consumer law and EU law (including state aid, unfair competition and procurement law). Maverick Advocaten regularly represents clients in proceedings before the Dutch and EU courts, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets, the European Commission and the Dutch Healthcare Authority.
Maverick Advocaten represents clients in a wide variety of sectors, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, energy, transport, retail, media and communications.
Recent work:
Assisting a company in a European Commission dawn raid and investigation into alleged cartel prohibition violations in the synthetic turf sector
Representing a cartridge supplier in civil proceedings against Hewlett-Packard for allegedly abusing its dominant position on the printer and cartridges market and infringing the cartel prohibition with its selective distribution network
Representing International Air Transport Association (IATA) in civil proceedings regarding the interpretation of EU passenger rights regulation (261//2004)
Chambers Review
Maverick Advocaten is a competition law boutique that assists clients with contentious competition law matters, including representing them in abuse of dominance investigations and in disputes over selective distribution strategies. The team also acts on merger clearance mandates, including assisting with appeals against prohibited mergers. The law firm has further experience in state aid matters. It is a popular choice with clients from the TMT and transportation sectors.
Work Highlights
- Maverick represented Mediq in an appeal against the decision by the ACM to prohibit its proposed merger with Eurocept.
Notable Practitioners
Martijn Van de Hel has a broad competition law practice that covers investigations into alleged abuses of dominance, state aid disputes and multi-jurisdictional merger control filings.
"Martijn Van de Hel is a strong lawyer with a realistic view. He is able to quickly get to the core of the issues and is always willing to go the extra mile."
Diederik Schrijvershof assists clients with both merger clearance notifications and with investigations into alleged abuses of dominance.
Ranked Lawyers at
Maverick Advocaten
Netherlands
Members
Provided by Maverick Advocaten
Adriaan Craita
Annabel Kingma
Bas van Os
Cyriel Ruers
Head of Department
Judith Jansen
Leah Peeters
Head of Department
Mats Reijman
Paul Breithaupt
Saskia Stolk
Clients
Provided by Maverick Advocaten
123inkt
Asker
Bayer
Booking
DPG Media
Decathlon
Eneco
Erasmus MC
Funda
Glaspoort
IATA
Ingka
KLM
KWS
LUMC
Lumileds
Mediq
Nordian
Parnassia Groep
RadboudUMC
Schiphol
Strukton
Vion
Waterland
de Bijenkorf