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Competition & EU

 

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  • EU Law

  • Competiton & antitrust

  • Regulatory & compliance

  • Foreign investments

 

Janson represents corporations in all areas of antitrust and competition, in particular, in highly regulated industries (cartel, state aid, abuse of dominance and control of concentrations).   

Beyond competition, our team advises on how to take advantage of the Internal Market – and its four fundamental freedoms-, and to navigate through the myriad EU regulatory regimes applicable to their particular industry. 

In a fast changing geo-political environment, we also counsel on the various rules controlling foreign investments and subsidies in the EU, together with other trade masures such as the EU sanctions against specific third countries.

Track record.

 

  • Various representations in the context of EU sanctions against third countries

  • Representation of DIGI Communication in its access to and development in the Belgian telecommunication market

  • Advising an international group in the wrong transposition of an EU Directive into the French and Belgian legal system

  • Representation of a large defense group in an antitrust complaint

  • Representation as lead counsel of three hedge funds in a major litigation on re hybrid securities issued by former Fortis group

  • Representation of leading waste management companies in a state aid case against Brussels Capital Region (Belgian State)

  • Representation of Transgaz SA in an abuse of dominance investigation conducted by the EU Commission

  • Representation of a Swiss company in a cartel investigation and the subsequent follow-on claim before the Brussels Court

  • Representation of 11 US hedge funds against Euroclear Bank and Bank of New York to unlock the payment chain in the context of the restructuring of Argentina’s sovereign debt

 Academic & scientific work.

 

  • The team has published many articles over the past few years, including the following :

    • B. Lebrun & U. Bertouille : “Vertical Agreements and Dominant Firms Laws and Regulations Belgium 2021 – 2022”, ICLG, 2022

    • B. Lebrun & U. Bertouille : “The Private Competition Enforcement Review: Belgium”, The Private Competition Enforcement Review, 2022

    • B. Lebrun & U. Bertouille : “New Proposed Regulation against Harmful Foreign Subsidies in the European Union”, 2021

    • B. Lebrun & U. Bertouille : “Extended Control over Foreign Direct Investments in the EU”, 2020

    • B. Lebrun & U. Bertouille : “COVID-19 - Adjustments of Antitrust and State Aid Rules to Major Disruptions of EU Economy”, 2020

    • B. Lebrun : “International Investment Arbitration - Enforcement of intra-EU ICSID awards”, 2020

    • B. Lebrun & U. Bertouille : “EU Regulation on Foreign Direct Investment Is Now On!”, 2019

    • B. Lebrun : « Droit des affaires et Covid-19, Synthèse des règles applicables aux entreprises (VII Droit de la concurrence) », Larcier, 2020 (with Ulysse Bertouille)

    • B. Lebrun : « Contribution du Cercle Montesquieu sur la révision du programme de clémence lancée par l’Autorité de la concurrence française », 20 March 2015

    • B. Lebrun : “Global Competition review”, Cartel Regulation, Belgium, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

 Accolades.

 

Bruno Lebrun was listed as a “leading individual in the Brussels competition bar” in the Chambers Global Guide.  He was listed in the  Legal Experts Europe, and in Best Lawyer 2014–2015 in the European law section.  Bruno is recommended in antitrust by Leaders League 2017.