Niels Baeten is a counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and a member of the Brussels Bar. His practice covers all aspects of EU, international and Belgian competition law, including merger control, abuse of dominance, cartels, state aid and antitrust compliance issues. Niels works for clients in a wide range of industries, including technology, media and telecommunications, financial services, pharmaceuticals, energy, e-commerce, and manufacturing. He obtained a Research Master in Law at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and Tilburg University (Netherlands), and pursued his LL.M. studies at the European University Institute in Florence. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law from King’s College London (2012). He speaks Dutch, English and French. Prior to joining Skadden, Niels worked for more than five years in the Brussels and Paris offices of Linklaters.