Environmental, Social and Governance
Belgium
25 April 2025
The antitrust and foreign investment group at Linklaters combines deep understanding of the Belgian Competition Authority with experience across a range of highly regulated sectors, handling a growing number of foreign investment filings. Gerwin Van Gerven is a team head, offering particular experience of regulatory bodies, and working alongside merger control and anti-cartel proceedings practitioner Bernd Meyring and Lodewick Prompers, who regularly takes on the antitrust aspects of global M&A deals.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Strong team, working in an efficient and proactive way, strong global network.’
‘Lodewick Prompers is our main contact, is client-oriented and nice to work with, with a down-to-earth approach.’
Key clients
- John Cockerill
- Solvay
- Proximus
- Orange
- Bpost
- Euronav
- CA Indosuez Wealth
- ING
- KBC
- Cityforward
Work highlights
Advised John Cockerill SA on the multi-jurisdictional merger control aspects of the creation of a joint venture with the Dutch entity Technip Energies N.V. to become a unique provider of integrated and competitive green hydrogen solutions.
Advised Solvay NV/SA on the multi-jurisdictional merger control and FDI screening aspects of its global reorganisation and partial demerger under Belgian law into two independent listed companies, Solvay and Syensqo.
Advising Belgium's leading postal operator bpost on the sole control acquisition of Staci SAS, a France-based leading player in the Contract Logistics space with international presence and benefitting from a unique and differentiated positioning in “flexible high-value logistics”.
Practice head
Gerwin Van Gerven; Bernd Meyring; Lodewick Prompers
Other key lawyers
Liliane Gam