Nele De Backer
Senior Associate
Brussels
Nele De Backer
Senior Associate
Brussels
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Nele advises on all aspects of EU and Belgian competition law, across a range of sectors, including automotive and media. She has assisted clients in several cartel investigations conducted by the European Commission as well as the Belgian Competition Authority, and has frequently advised on follow-on private enforcement matters.
Nele has also advised on merger control cases and general EU law. She has experience in representing clients before the General Court and the Court of Justice.
Nele has (co-) authored several legal publications focusing on competition law, such as the chapter on Belgian Competition Law in Wolters Kluwer’s publication “Competition Law in Western Europe and the USA” and various articles regarding recent developments in the application of competition law in the life sciences and pharmaceutical sector.
Related articles
Publications: 13 March 2024
Surge in EU and UK private antitrust damages actions continues
The EU Private Damages Directive (PDD) has made it easier for claimants to obtain damages for antitrust violations, often exceeding the regulatory fines imposed on the infringers. This has led to a…
Blog Post: 02 February 2024
Publications: 05 December 2023
The BCA takes action: first investigation under the abuse of economic dependence rules
Published Work
- With Amélie Legein and Eliana Paredis: “Belgium/Commentary – Competition Law in Western Europe and the USA” in Kluwer Law International, Supplement No. 436, December 2020, pp.B.C - I - B.C – 34.
- With Francesca Miotto: “Analytical framework under Article 101 of the TFEU: guidance arising from recent 'pay-for-delay' CJEU proceedings” in Practical Law, update published May 2021.
- Publications on A&O Life Sciences Hub.
