Pieter Huizing
Senior Associate
Amsterdam

Pieter Huizing
Senior Associate
Amsterdam
Contact Details
Pieter Huizing is a senior associate in the competition law department of Allen & Overy LLP in Amsterdam. He focuses on various aspects of competition law and regulatory affairs. He regularly represents clients in proceedings before competition and regulatory authorities and courts. Pieter has extensive experience in merger control proceedings, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, private litigation, general competition guidance and compliance.
Pieter has specific expertise in competition law and regulation in the aviation sector. He advises clients on aviation regulatory matters such as ownership restrictions, slots, airport tariffs and access conditions, distribution and air passenger rights. He also regularly acts for airlines and other aviation companies in merger control and antitrust proceedings.
While spending most of his time in Amsterdam, Pieter has also worked at the competition departments of the Washington D.C. and London offices of Allen & Overy and conducted several secondments at clients and at the Dutch competition authority.
Pieter is a University of Groningen graduate, where he received a cum laude LL.M. degree in Economics and Business Law, a cum laude LL.M. degree in International Law, and a cum laude M.A. degree in International Relations. He obtained a postgraduate diploma in EU Competition Law at King's College London in 2014. In March 2021, he obtained a PhD at Leiden University focusing on the parallel public enforcement of international cartels. Pieter regularly publishes in Dutch and international journals on competition law and is a guest lecturer at Nyenrode University and Leiden University.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as advocaat, Netherlands, 2011
Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Mededingingsrecht
Academic
LLM International Economic and Business Law, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
LLM International Law, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
MA International Relations, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Postgraduate diploma in EU Competition Law, King's College London
PhD in competition law, Leiden University

Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as advocaat, Netherlands, 2011
Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Mededingingsrecht
Academic
LLM International Economic and Business Law, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
LLM International Law, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
MA International Relations, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Postgraduate diploma in EU Competition Law, King's College London
PhD in competition law, Leiden University