Clifford Chance

Intellectual property, TechDigital, M&A corporate, Antitrust, EU & trade

Dieter Paemen's practice focuses on European and Belgian antitrust law. He has over twenty five years of experience advising clients in European and Belgian merger clearance procedures, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance investigations, licensing and distribution agreements, and copyright and unfair competition issues. He acts for complainants and defendants as well as interested third parties.

Dieter has particular expertise in the information technology, retail, and manufacturing industries.

Admitted as an avocat in Brussels 1997

Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 2000

Joined Clifford Chance 2004

Counsel 2007

Partner since 2015

Dutch, English, French and Spanish

He appears in proceedings before the European Commission, the EU Courts and the national competition authorities of several Member States, including the Belgian Competition Council. He also represents clients in legislative advocacy before the EU institutions in relation to antitrust and IP matters.

University of Leuven Law Faculty 1995

George Washington University Law School 1996