Kris Van Hove is a partner in the Brussels office. His main areas of practice are EU and national competition law and regulatory affairs. Kris specialises in all aspects of competition law, with particular expertise in cartels, merger control, dominant market positions, distribution and technology transfer. He also specialises in regulatory affairs in the area of aviation law. Kris’ practice covers a wide variety of sectors, including, but not limited to, car parts, consumer products, aviation, basic industries, steel, energy, construction equipment, building materials, chemicals, electronics, music and information and communications technology and chemicals. He handles notifications and investigations as well as litigation before European and national courts. He regularly lectures and writes on competition law matters. Kris Van Hove speaks English, Dutch and French.
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On 13 June 2022, the German Federal Court of Justice (“FCJ”) ruled that the mass assignment of individual damages claims to a debt collector, who then brings a consolidated claim supported by a qualified lawyer, does not violate the German Legal Services Act (“LSA”). This judgment gives a green (...)
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In a judgment issued on 30th March 2022, the General Court of the European Union partially annulled the European Commission decision of 17 March 2017 fining Japan Airlines, and a number of other airlines, for having entered into arrangements relating to fuel and security surcharges found to be (...)
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In a judgment issued today, the General Court of the European Union has annulled the part of the EU Commission’s decision of 13 May 2009 finding that rebates granted to Intel’s major OEM customers infringed Article 102 TFEU. The Court also annulled the fine of € 1.06 billion imposed on Intel. The (...)
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On 15 July 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) handed down a judgment following a request for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Article 7(2) of 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (“Brussels (...)
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On 24 November 2020, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice (the “ECJ”) ruled that the special jurisdiction rule for tort disputes under Regulation 1215/2012 (the “Brussels I bis Regulation”) applies to actions based on a breach of competition law, even within the context of a contractual (...)
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On 16 October 2020, the Romanian government published Ordinance No. 170/2020 on actions for damages in cases of violation of the competition law provisions and modifying and supplementing Romanian Competition Law No. 21/1996 (the “Ordinance”). The Ordinance provides that cartel infringements are (...)
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On 20 July 2020, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted a communication on the protection of confidential information by national courts in follow-on damages proceedings (the “Communication”). The Damages Directive provides that national courts should have the ability to order (...)
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In a press release of 19 June 2013, the College of Competition Prosecutors confirmed that the competition authority had started conducting dawn raids on 18 June 2013 at the premises of certain companies active on the Belgian market for fresh yeast. The competition authority is looking for (...)
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On 31 August 2012, the Belgian Competition Council conditionally cleared the acquisition of Flightcare by Swissport Handling. The parties are rival providers of ground handling services at Brussels airport. Flightcare is one of two companies licensed by the Brussels Airport Company to (...)
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On 31 August 2012, the Belgian Competition Council conditionally cleared the acquisition of Flightcare by Swissport Handling. The parties are rival providers of ground handling services at Brussels airport. Flightcare is one of two companies licensed by the Brussels Airport Company to (...)
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