Contacter

Damien Gerard

Belgian Competition Authority (Brussels)

Prosecutor General

Damien Gerard joined the Belgian Competition Authority as Prosecutor General on the 1st of December 2021. Beforehand, he worked as an official in the Directorate-general for Competition of the European Commission (DG COMP) and practiced EU and Belgian competition law for more than ten years in the Brussels office of an international law firm. Damien Gerard teaches EU Competition Law at UCLouvain, where he was also a researcher at the Center for International and European Law (CeDIE) for a number of years, as well as at the College of Europe, where he was the director of the Global Competition Law Center (GCLC) from 2014 to 2019. An honorary member of the Brussels Bar and member of the New York Bar, Damien Gerard is a graduate of UCLouvain (J.D., 2000 and Ph.D, 2014), of New York University School of Law (LL.M, 2003) and of the College of Europe (M.A., 2001). He also attended Harvard Law School as Fulbright-Schuman Visiting Research Scholar (IGLP, 2010) and the European University Institute as Max Weber Fellow (EUI, 2015). Damien Gerard clerked for Judge Koen Lenaerts of the European Court of Justice in 2003-2004.

Distinctions

Nominee, 2014 Antitrust Writing Awards : Academic, General Antitrust

Nominee, 2012 Antitrust Writing Awards : Academic, General Antitrust

Contacter

Auteur associé

Suzanne Jude

Belgian Competition Authority (Brussels)

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28 sept. 2023 Bruxelles Global Antitrust Hot Topics : EU, US & Global Perspectives Voir la documentation

22 juin 2023 Paris 2023 New Frontiers of Antitrust Conference Voir la documentation

14 nov. 2022 Online M&A and Digital : A More Dynamic Approach ? Voir la documentation

22 sept. 2022 Brussels Global Antitrust Hot Topics EU, US & Global Perspectives Voir la documentation

Vidéos

Damien GERARD (Panel 1) — Damien Gerard 28 septembre 2023 Bruxelles

Articles

4112 Bulletin

Damien Gerard The EU Commission relies on antitrust enforcement to regulate leading web search engine (Google Shopping)

5 février 2014 487

The Google commitments and the transformation of EU antitrust enforcement* The proceedings brought by the European Commission against Google are nearing a – provisional – end with the prospect of a decision making binding on Google a revised set of commitments (see here for the Commission (...)

Damien Gerard The Belgian Supreme Court upholds the severability of anticompetitive provisions in a distribution agreement (Bauer / Dubraco)

28 juin 2012 648

On June 28, 2012, the Belgian Supreme Court (Hof van Cassatie/Cour de Cassation) rendered a short judgment in a contractual dispute involving a distribution agreement entered into in 1993 by Bauer, a German manufacturer of compressors, and its Belgian distributor Dubraco. In essence, the (...)

Damien Gerard The EU Court of Justice applies the effects-based approach to claim of exclusionary pricing abuse (Post Danmark)

27 mars 2012 288

Looking back at a 2012 highlight : Post Danmark* Looking back at 2012 antitrust developments and browsing through this blog, I was surprised not to see any posting on what was in my view a major highlight of the past year, namely the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) judgment in Post Danmark (...)

Damien Gerard The EU Court of Justice Advocate General Kokott renders her opinion in the Czech gas insulated switchgear case holding that the principle ne bis in idem does not preclude National Competition Authority’s from prosecuting the same cartel with respect to different territories or periods (Toshiba)

8 septembre 2011 673

AG Kokott’s Opinion in Toshiba : framing the application of the ne bis in idem principle in EU competition law enforcement* One of the main concerns raised by the decentralization of EU competition law enforcement related to the risk of different competition authorities prosecuting and (...)

Damien Gerard The EU Court of Justice Advocate General Sharpston addresses the scope of the EU Courts’ jurisdiction over antitrust cases and fines (KME)

10 février 2011 1046

AG Sharpston’s Opinion in KME : a new step toward full appellate jurisdiction in antitrust cases (imposing fines) ?* On February 10, Advocate General (AG) Sharpston issued her Opinion in the KME case (C-272/09 P – here), an appeal brought before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against a (...)

Damien Gerard The EU Competition Commissioner speaks on due process and competition enforcement underlining the importance of judicial review by European Courts

17 septembre 2010 446

The scope of judicial review in question* In a speech delivered on 17 September 2010 at the IBA annual competition conference, Commissioner Almunia engaged the audience on the sensitive topic of due process and competition enforcement. Among the reasons justifying his overall satisfaction (...)

Damien Gerard The EU Court of Justice sets aside the first judgment of the General Court annulling a commitment decision and dismisses breaches of the principle of proportionality and due process standards by the Commission (Alrosa)

29 juin 2010 524

Alrosa, negotiated procedures and the procedural economy/due process conundrum – one step forward, three steps back ?* Friends of the blogosphere : greetings ! There was something refreshing in the judgment rendered in 2007 by the General Court (GC) in the Alrosa case (T-170/06). If (...)

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Eleanor M. Fox, Damien Gerard EU Competition Law : Cases, Texts and Context, FOX Eleanor M. and GERARD Damien

septembre 2023 1021

Cette rubrique Livres recense et commente les ouvrages et autres publications en droit de la concurrence, droit & économie de la concurrence et en droit de la régulation. Une telle recension ne peut par nature être exhaustive et se limite donc à présenter quelques publications récentes (...)

Damien Gerard, Isabel Rooms Damien Gerard (Belgian Competition Authority) : For a rigorous and effective competition policy anchored in market realities

septembre 2023 2980

Interview conducted by Isabel Rooms, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Since becoming Prosecutor General of the Belgian Competition Authority in December 2021, Damien Gerard and his team have not been idle. The authority has been dealing with a flurry of merger reviews, (...)

Ioannis Lianos, Damien Gerard Handbook on European Competition Law : Enforcement Procedure, Ioannis LIANOS et Damien GERARD

février 2014 99

Damien Gerard, Massimo Merola, Bernd Meyring The Notion of Restriction of Competition : Revisiting the Foundations of Antitrust Enforcement in Europe, Damien GERARD, Massimo MEROLA et Bernd MEYRING

mai 2017 100

Damien Gerard, Assimakis Komninos Remedies in EU Competition Law : Substance, Process and Policy, Damien GERARD et Assimakis KOMNINOS

novembre 2020 128

Damien Gerard Damages Claims for the Infringement of EU Competition Law

décembre 2015 3655

Damages claims for harm caused by the infringement of EU (and national) competition law have become a practical reality. These claims significantly increase companies’ financial exposure for antitrust violations. Their emergence has disrupted in many ways the competition law enforcement (...)

Damien Gerard EC competition law enforcement at grips with the financial crisis : Flexibility on the means, consistency in the principles

février 2009 6917

The financial crisis is today’s most challenging issue faced by political and economic leaders across Europe and the world. It has been commented at length in recent months, including with respect to the European Union’s contribution to a solution thereto. Away from the polemics, this (...)