Marjolein De Backer
Dechert (Brussels)
Associate
Marjolein De Backer joined Dechert in 2017. She practices in the areas of EU, UK and Belgian antitrust and competition law. She has significant experience leading advice to clients on merger control, abuse of dominance, cartels, and state aid before the EU, UK, and Belgian authorities and courts. She also advises on patent licensing in the IoT sector as well as distribution questions in the pharmaceutical industry. Marjolein De Backer has worked for multinationals across different sectors, including transport, energy and natural resources, IT and the digital sector. She has also published numerous articles on privacy, data and the digital sector, as well as on the interplay between competition law and sustainability. And she is a core member of the Dechert Foreign Direct Investment team. Marjolein De Backer is qualified in Brussels and New York.
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Beverly J. Ang
Dechert (New York)
Laurence Bary
Dechert (Paris)
Maryana Batalova
Dechert (Moscow)
Steven E. Bizar
Dechert (Philadelphia)
Ermine Bolot-Massé
Dechert (Paris)
2058 | Events
Articles
1457 Bulletin
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On May 5 the European Commission issued its proposal to create wide-ranging powers to tackle non-European subsidies which may distort competition in Europe. The proposal introduces three different regimes: An ex officio investigation up to 10 years after the subsidy was received. A mandatory (...)
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Key takeaways FDI rules in the UK have recently been tightened in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The UK can now intervene in transactions on the grounds of public health emergencies. Also, lower jurisdictional thresholds apply to transactions relating to artificial intelligence, (...)
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1. Introduction This case note provides a summary of the UK competition authorities’ investigation into Ryanair’s 29.82% minority shareholding in its rival Aer Lingus. The long running battle between the two airlines has resulted in more than 20 competition authority and court decisions since (...)
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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) decision in RREEF Pan-European Infrastructure Fund LP / Kelda Holdings Limited confirms that the OFT’s material influence assessment relies “on the facts not the legal form”. Infrastructure Saxon sarl (Saxon) increased its stake in Kelda Holdings (Kelda) to (...)
1964 Review
1963
The need to integrate sustainability considerations into all modern competition policies is more important than ever in the light of three factors: the effects of climate change becoming ever more apparent; inadequate policy and regulatory responses; and growing evidence that many businesses (...)
Books
Price
€230.00
Competition Law, Climate Change & Environmental Sustainability
Date
26 March 2021
Price
€230.00
