Overview
Karolien Van der Putten focuses her practice on European law and competition law.
She assists clients on various aspects of European and Belgian competition law. In particular, she focuses on anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance, merger control and state aid. Furthermore, she has experience with litigation, dawn raids and investigations by the Belgian Competition Authority.
Results
- Assisted a client during a dawn raid and facilitated requests for information from the Belgian Competition Authority*
- Assisted a client in the real estate sector with a multi-jurisdictional merger filing (Europe, China, Turkey and others)*
- Assisted a client in the vehicle distribution industry in obtaining merger clearance from the Belgian Competition Authority*
- Advised a client on submitting observations to the European Commission and raising its concerns about a proposed concentration involving a competitor*
- Prepared a statement in intervention in the framework of an appeal brought before the Court of Justice*
- Assisted several multinational companies with submitting comments on the European Commission’s decision to open a state aid investigation into allegedly received fiscal aid*
- Analyzed several COVID-19 support measures from a state aid perspective and notified them to the European Commission*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Credentials
Education
King’s College London, LL.M. in Competition Law, Merit, 2019
Ghent University, Master of Laws, Cum Laude, 2018
Admissions
Belgium
Languages
Dutch
English
French
