Beatrijs advises domestic and multinational clients in a wide range of sectors about all aspects of Belgian and EU competition law, including cartel cases, distribution networks, abuse(s) of dominance, and State aid matters. She also represents clients in antitrust cases before the Belgian and European competition authorities and courts. Beatrijs assists clients in the setting-up of compliance programmes and training. In merger control cases, Beatrijs assists clients in obtaining merger control clearance from the Belgian Competition Authority and the European Commission and in the coordination of merger filings in numerous other countries.

Beatrijs also advises clients regarding market practices and consumer law, including the drafting and reviewing of contractual and commercial matters.

Beatrijs is a member of the Harvard Club of Belgium and various Belgian organisations, such as Etion and VSMR (the Association for the Study of Competition Law).

Since 2010, Beatrijs has also been admitted at the New York Bar.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Brussels Bar: 2008

Admitted to the New York Bar: 2010

• Hospital mergers no longer subject to the Belgian Competition Authority’s prior review

  By Beatrijs Gielen |April 2024

• Belgian Competition Authority fines kitchen accessories company Le Creuset for resale price maintenance

  By Beatrijs Gielen |March 2024

• The Belgian Competition Authority publishes a specific analytical framework for hospital concentrations

  By Beatrijs Gielen, Sébastien Willems |November 2023