Mr Peter Wytinck > Stibbe > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Stibbe Offices
CENTRAL PLAZA
LOKSUMSTRAAT 25/ RUE DE LOXUM 25
1000 BRUSSELS
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Mr Peter Wytinck
Work Department
Compliance and Sanctions, EU law, Competition and Regulation, Sports, Unfair Competition and Consumer Protection
Position
Partner
Career
Peter Wytinck’s expertise is primarily in European law, Belgian and EU competition law, market practices (including product labelling and product regulations) and commercial litigation. Peter’s practice of European law includes defending clients before the Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance, the European Commission (including the Merger Task Force), the Belgian national courts, and administrative authorities (regarding amongst others the free movement of goods, services and capital, mergers, cartel arrangements, state aid, EU contract litigation, and various EU Directives and Regulations). Peter also frequently advises on Belgian competition law matters and assists clients in the structuring of takeovers, joint ventures, and contracts. He represents clients in the notification of contracts and concentrations, and in complaints and procedures before the Belgian Competition Authority (Autorité belge de la Concurrence / Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit) and Belgian courts and tribunals. Peter has extensive experience in advising on issues regarding market practices (such as labelling, (comparative) advertising, joint offers, price reduction announcements, sales, and unfair competition) and regularly defends clients in these matters before the Belgian courts.
Languages
Dutch, French, English.
Memberships
- Board member of the Belgian Association for the Study of Competition Law (Belgische Vereniging voor de Studie van het Mededingingsrecht / Association belge pour l’Étude du Droit de la Concurrence)
Education
- Graduated in Law from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1987)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) in European Law from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom (1988)
- Assistant in Belgian and European economic law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1989–1995)
- Admitted to the Brussels Bar in 1990
- With the Brussels office of Stibbe since 1990 (Partner since 2000)
- Lecturer on competition law and trade practices (unfair competition law) at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1999–2004)
- Editor in Chief of the Belgian competition law review Competitio (formerly known as Tijdschrift voor Belgische mededinging / Revue de la concurrence Belge) (2010–2021)
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Competition: Belgian law
(Hall of Fame)The integrated antitrust litigation group at Stibbe is widely known for successfully representing a roster of notable clients before the Belgian Competition Authority, as well as regularly handling follow-on damages claims, and cases relating to illegal state aid. As well as its contentious excellence, the team is also noted for advising on merger control issues and joint ventures. Peter Wytinck and Sophie Van Besien are the key partner-level names to note. Counsel Quentin Declève joined from Van Bael & Bellis in January 2023, further boosting the team’s significant litigious strength.
Belgium > Competition: EU and global
For the team at Stibbe, advising both companies and public authorities on the structuring of projects from a state aid perspective, representations before national courts and the European Commission, and assisting with merger control work all form part of the regular workload. Peter Wytinck and Sophie Van Besien are the key senior contacts.
Lawyer Rankings
- Competition: Belgian law Belgium
- Hall of Fame Belgium > Competition: Belgian law
- Competition: EU and global Belgium
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Competition: Belgian law
- Dispute resolution
- Environment
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- EU regulatory: Information technology
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Insurance
- Private equity
- Tax
- EU regulatory: Financial services
- EU regulatory: Pharma, medical devices and biotech
- Industry focus: Energy
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Competition: EU and global