Ms Carmen Verdonck Partner ALTIUS - Lawyer Biography - International Law Office

International Law Office

Lawyer Biography

Ms Carmen Verdonck

Born in Antwerp in 1971; Admitted, 1996, Brussels

Education

University of Leuven (Lic. Jur., magna cum laude 1995); University of Bayreuth, Germany (Erasmus Exchange Programme, 1994); University of Bristol, UK (LL.M. in European Law, 1996)

Languages

Dutch, French, English, German, Italian and Spanish

Practice Areas

Competition Law, Commercial Law, Sports Law

Professional activities

Maître de Conférences at the University of Liège lecturing on Belgian Competition law in the LL.M. programme in European Competition and IP law; Vice-president of the Association pour l’Etude du Droit de la Concurrence (AEDC) ; Board member of the Ligue International du Droit de la Concurrence (LIDC); Member of the legal committee of the Belgian Franchising Federation (BFF); Member of the Women’s Competition Network (WCN), Author of various articles and regular speaker at seminars on competition law.

Publications

  • Three-monthly publications on Belgian competition law in "Developments in National Competition Law" Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, (2001-2011)
  • Various case comments for International Law Office Competition Law Newsletter
  • "Herziening van de mededingingsregels voor de distributie van goederen en diensten van toepassing vanaf 1 juni 2010", (“Review of the competition law regime applicable to the distribution of products and services”) Distributie Vandaag 2010, 18-20
  • "Belgian chapter" in Vertical agreements 2010: the regulation of distribution practices in 42 jurisdictions worldwide in the series Getting The Deal Through - Global Competition Law Review, 25-31
  • “The Belgian Competition Council fines a Mobile Operator due to price squeeze practices (Proximus)” e-Competitions, 26 May 2009, n° 27205
  • “Private handhaving staatststeunbepalingen: mededeling van de Commissie over de handhaving van de staatssteunregels door nationale gerechtelijke instanties” (“Private enforcement of state aid rules: commission notice on the enforcement of State aid law by national courts”), NJW 2009, 786-802 (with T. Bruyninckx)
  • "Belgian chapter" in Vertical agreements 2009: the regulation of distribution practices in 41 jurisdictions worldwide in the series Getting The Deal Through - Global Competition Law Review, 22-28
  • "Belgian chapter" in Vertical agreements 2008: the regulation and distribution practices in 34 jurisdictions worldwide in the series Getting The Deal Through - Global Competition Law Review, 22-27
  • "Belgian Merger Control" in Company Acquisitions Handbook, Haywards Heath, Tottel Publishing, 2008, 9th ed.
  • "Belgien" in Münchener Kommentar zur Insolvenzordnung, München, C.H. Beck, 2008, 1401-1408
  • “The Belgian Prosecutor refuses to prohibit grant of a public tender for public bicycle rental system (ClearChannel Belgium / JC Decaux Belgium SA and Région de Bruxelles-Capital), e-Competitions, 16 December 2008, n° 27203
  • “The Belgian competition Authority clarifies the standard of proof applicable to cases involving recommended prices by associations (intérêts vétérinaires)”, e-Competitions, 15 April 2008, n° 21836
  • “The Belgian prosecutor refuses request for preliminary measures in pharmaceutical „refusal to supply“ case (Bofar …)” e-Competitions, 26 March 2008, n° 12834
  • "Voetbal op internet, GSM of TV: de mededingingsautoriteiten kijken mee" ("Football on the internet, mobile phones or television: the competition authorities are also watching"), Jaarboek Handelspraktijken en Mededinging 2006, Mechelen, Kluwer, 2007, 844-862 (with L. Depuydt)
  • "Mededingingsrecht als instrument van herstel en verweer in geschillenbeslechting" ("Competition law as both a sword and a shield in antitrust proceedings") in Mededingingsrecht in kort bestek, Antwerpen, Intersentia, 2006 (with H. De Bauw)
  • “The Brussels Court of Appeal gives its opinion on the relationship between merger control and the Belgian equivalents of Art. 101 and 102 TFEU in what may be its last preliminary ruling (Rocco)”, e-Competitions, 15 December 2006, n° 21830
  • "Belgien" in Handbuch internationales Handelsvertreterrecht, Köln, Bundesanzeiger Verlag, 2007, 41-47
  • "Tweede fase onderzoek bij concentratieprocedures: 'ernstige twijfels'?" ("Second phase investigations in merger control: 'serious doubts'?"), Jaarboek Handelspraktijken en Mededinging 2004, Mechelen, Kluwer, 2005, 1038-1051
  • "Belgien" in Münchener Kommentar zur Insolvenzordnung, München, C.H. Beck, 2003