Mr Rein Wesseling > Stibbe > Amsterdam, Netherlands > Lawyer Profile
Stibbe Offices
BEETHOVENPLEIN 10
1077 WM AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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Mr Rein Wesseling
Work Department
EU and Competition, Media and Entertainment, Telecoms.
Position
Rein regularly assists companies in their dealings with national courts, national competition authorities, the EU Commission and the European courts.
His expertise covers all areas of EU and competition law including cartels, joint ventures, abuse of dominance and state aid law. He assists clients across numerous business sectors from fast moving consumer goods to pharmaceuticals.
Rein has a Doctor of Philosophy from European University Institute (Florence) together with a Master of Law from the University of Amsterdam. In addition, he is the professor of competition and regulation at the law faculty of the same university.
Rein has published many articles and a book in his specialist area of EU and competition law called The Modernisation of European Antitrust Law.
Languages
Dutch, English, German, French, Italian
Lawyer Rankings
Netherlands > EU and competition
(Hall of Fame)Stibbe‘s EU and competition team has noteworthy expertise advising its roster of key clients on the plethora of complex matters. Team lead Rein Wesseling
is described as ‘exceptional and among the most intelligent and effective competition lawyers’; his focus is predominantly on complex competition litigation cases, namely defending clients in cartel cases, and merger control matters. Antitrust expert Jeroen Kortmann has experience handling complex international litigation for key clients, and newly co-leads alongside Wesseling. ‘Strategic mastermind’ Stijn De Jong is a key senior associate. The team’s caseload varies and includes representing key clients in matters involving such aspects as alleged abuses of dominance, cartel infringement decisions, and merger controls. Floris ten Have departed practice in January 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory
- Capital markets: equity
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Employment
- Environment and planning
- EU and competition
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Private equity
- Project finance and PFI
- Tax