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Marie Vandenneucker

Associate

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Marie Vandenneucker

Associate

Contact
CMS DeBacker
Chaussée de La Hulpe 178
1170 Brussels
Belgium
Languages French, Dutch, English

Marie specializes in European and Belgian competition law (abuse of dominant position, cartels and merger control), as well as European State aid rules. During her studies, she developed a high interest in competition law in the digital age and she wrote her thesis on the impacts of pricing algorithms on collusion.

Her practice includes the preparation and submission of notifications to the European Commission of public interventions, aid schemes (energy, SGEI, etc.) and merger projects, the representation of companies before the European Commission and the Belgian Competition Authority and advising public authorities on the compliance of their actions with applicable European law.

She is particularly active in the telecom and energy sectors.

Marie graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in law from UNamur (2016), a Master’s degree in law from KU Leuven (2018) and an LL.M. in European competition law from the University of Edinburgh (2019). 

She handles cases in French, Dutch and English.

She joined CMS in 2019.

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Publications

  • M. VANDENNEUCKER & A. LEPIECE, « State aid in the energy sector », CMS Expert Guide for State Aid, 29 June 2023, available here;
  • M. VANDENNEUCKER & A. LEPIECE, « Arrêt Sumal : responsabilité civile d’une filiale en raison des pratiques anticoncurrentielles de sa société mère », JDE, February 2022, n° 286, p. 60;
  • M. VANDENNEUCKER & A. LEPIECE, « Arrêt « Volvo » : compétence en matière d’action en réparation du dommage causé par une infraction à l’article 101 TFUE », JDE, December 2021, n° 284, p. 468;
  • M. VANDENNEUCKER & A. LEPIECE, « Le cadre européen applicable aux aides d’Etat dans le contexte de la crise du COVID-19 », Revue de Droit commercial, December 2020; 
  • M. VANDENNEUCKER & A. LEPIECE, « Arrêt Otis : l’action en réparation pour toute personne ayant subi un préjudice indirect à la suite d’un cartel », JDE,  April 2020, n° 268, p. 167;
  • M. VANDENNEUCKER & R. ALDERWEIRELDT, « Google: the record fine », Competition Law Insight, 19 November 2019.
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Lectures list

  • « New state aid rules to support the Green Deal – the EU’s answer to the IRA», CMS EU Competition Law Briefing, 28 April 2023.
  • « Guide pratique des règles d'aides d'État applicables aux investissements de décarbonation des aéroports – Cadre juridique », with Annabelle Lepièce, UAF&FA and Oxera, 23 January 2023.
  • « Exchange of strategic information between competitors: do’s and don’ts », CMS training, with Annabelle Lepièce, 24 March 2022.
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Education

  • 2019 - Bar Admission (Brussels, Belgium)
  • 2019 - The University of Edinburgh, UoE - Scotland (LL.M. in Law focusing on European Competition Law)
  • 2018 - The University of Sheffield - United Kingdom (Erasmus)
  • 2018 - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, KU Leuven - Belgium (Master of Laws)
  • 2016 - Universiteit Antwerpen, UA (Erasmus Belgica)
  • 2016 - Université de Namur, UNamur (Bachelor in Laws) 
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Expertise

12/05/2022
10 key aspects of the revised EU competition law in the field of distribution...
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24/03/2022
Exchange of confidential information between competitors – do’s and don’ts
Exchanges of strategic information between competitors are in principle prohibited under competition law and can lead to heavy fines. In some cases, the exchange of such information may improve economic...
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24/02/2022
The European Commission has endorsed its new Climate, Energy and Environmental...
The European Commission’s revised Guidelines on state aid for climate, environmental protection and energy (« CEEAG ») have been endorsed on 27 January 2022. The CEEAG replace the Guidelines on State...
Law-Now ESG
06/07/2021
What to expect from the European Commission’s revised Climate, Energy and...
On 7 June 2021, the European Commission has launched a public consultation inviting interested parties to comment on the draft Guidelines on state aid for climate, environmental protection and energy...
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26/04/2021
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07/12/2020
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CMS Belgium assisted Telecom operator Proximus in connection with the establishment of a partnership with EQT Infrastructure (through its portfolio company DELTA Fiber) for building a fibre network together...
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21/08/2020
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10/07/2020
Third amendment of the Commission’s Temporary framework to support micro,...
The Commission adopted, on 29 June 2020, a third amendment of the State aid Temporary framework adopted on 19 March 2020 to further extend the scope of the framework to support micro, small and start-up...
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30/06/2020
COVID-19: the European Commission gives green light to Lufthansa's recapitalisation
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21/04/2020
COVID-19: European Commission approves Belgian guarantee schemes
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12/02/2020
The European Commission’s survey on air passenger rights
The Eurobarometer survey on passenger rights in the European Union carried out by the European Commission has been published on 13 January 2020 (accessible via this link). The survey covers European citizens...
Newsletter
30/01/2020
The Belgian Competition Authority extends the simplified procedure on concentrations
The Belgian competition authority (BCA) adopted additional rules to ease the conditions for the application of the simplified procedure on concentrations
Law-Now Corporate/M&A
14/11/2019
European Commission takes aim at Malév GH: investigation into public aid...
On 29 October 2019, the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into various financing measures granted by Hungarian public entities to Malév Ground Handling
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