Mrs Beatrijs Gielen > ALTIUS > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Mrs Beatrijs Gielen

+32 2 426 14 14 beatrijs.gielen@altius.com

Work Department

Commercial and Competition

Position

Counsel

Career

Beatrijs advises domestic and multinational clients in a wide range of sectors about all aspects of Belgian and EU competition law, including cartel cases, distribution networks, abuse(s) of dominance, and State aid matters. She represents clients in antitrust cases before the Belgian and European competition authorities and courts. Beatrijs has experience regarding damages actions for competition law infringements.

Beatrijs further assists clients in the setting-up of compliance programmes and training. In merger control cases, she assists clients in obtaining merger control clearance from the Belgian Competition Authority and the European Commission and in the coordination of merger filings in numerous other countries. Beatrijs also advises clients regarding market practices and consumer law, including the drafting and reviewing of contractual clauses and commercial deals.

She advises clients in a wide range of sectors, with a particular interest in the life and health sector.

Since 2010, Beatrijs has also been admitted at the New York Bar.

Languages

Beatrijs is fluent in Dutch, French and Englis

Memberships

Beatrijs is a member of the Harvard Club of Belgium and various Belgian organisations, such as Etion and VSMR (the Association for the Study of Competition Law).

Education

• LL.M. (Harvard Law School)
• Master of Laws (KU Leuven – KUL)