Carmen Verdonck

Carmen advises a wide range of domestic and multinational clients about all aspects of Belgian and EU competition law, including cartel cases, distribution networks, technology transfer agreements, joint ventures, abuse(s) of dominance, and State aid matters. She also represents clients in antitrust proceedings before both the Belgian and European competition authorities and courts. Carmen regularly assists multinational clients with setting-up compliance programmes and training.

In merger control cases, Carmen assists clients with obtaining clearance from the Belgian Competition Authority and the European Commission and with coordinating merger filings across numerous countries.

In addition, Carmen has deep experience advising on a broad range of complex contractual matters and drafting various types of commercial agreements.

Carmen is an Assessor at the Belgian Competition Authority and Maître de Conférences at the University of Liège, where she teaches in the LLM programme in European Competition and IP Law. She is a Past President of the International League of Competition Law/Ligue Internationale du Droit de la Concurrence (LIDC), and currently serves as a board member of the Belgian Association for the Study of Competition Law (AEDC).

Carmen is an expert to the Advisory Commission on Commercial Distribution Agreements and is a member of the Legal Committee of the Belgian Franchising Federation.