Van Doorne handles cross-border investigations, abuse of dominance issues, merger control and competition litigation, particularly within the technology, media, healthcare, retail and logistics sectors. The team is led by Sarah Beeston, whose track record includes high-stakes proceedings before the ACM and the European Commission. Daan Beenders is a central figure in the firm’s competition litigation offering, while Pim Jansen and Maurits Terlouw support the team on contentious and advisory matters. Nina Korstenbroek brings particular experience in vertical restraint cases.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Sarah Beeston and Pim Jansen have not only demonstrated knowledge and experience on competition law, but also the capability of transferring this knowledge in our complex sporting and media environment’
- ‘The team is capable of giving us advice on matters of principal, commercial and practical levels’
- ‘Nina Korstenbroek provided excellent antitrust advice - clear, practice-oriented, and always responsive. A pleasure to work with.’
- ‘Sarah Beeston and Nina Korstenbroek are very pleasant to work with and excellent and experienced competition lawyers.'
- ‘Personal approach. Pragmatic approach. Extremely dedicated team.’
- ‘A very seasoned and diverse team of competition lawyers headed by Sarah Beeston. Very hands-on, pleasant to work with and always available.’
Key clients
- AbbVie
- Amsterdam UMC
- Arrive (EasyPark)
- Broadcom
- CO2next: Gasunie, Vopak, Shell, TotalEnergies
- Domino’s Pizza
- Dutch Bar Association
- Eredivisie
- IKEA
- LG Electronics
- Live Nation/Ticketmaster
- Port of Rotterdam
Work highlights
Assisting LG Electronics in its appeal against a fine for resale price maintenance and in its defence in follow-on damages proceedings.
Assisting Live Nation/Ticketmaster in an appeal brought against its settlement with the Dutch Competition Authority in an abuse of dominance investigation.
Acting as lead counsel to EasyPark (Arrive) on the global merger control aspects of its transformative acquisitions of Flowbird and Parkopedia.
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Practice head
Sarah Beeston
Other key lawyers
Daan Beenders; Pim Jansen; Maurits Terlouw; Nina Korstenbroek