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Matthieu van Lierde

Associate

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Matthieu van Lierde

Associate

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

Matthieu van Lierde is an Associate in the EU & Competition Group.

He joined the Brussels Bar in 2012, and specialised within the law firm Olswang in EU and Belgian competition law, new technology law (especially electronic communications/telecommunications law) as well as general EU law, both advising and litigating. By joining CMS in 2017, he continues to develop expertise in his key areas of focus.

Matthieu deals with competition cases (principally regarding the issue of abuse of dominant position), competition damage claims and regulatory files involving the national regulatory authorities in charge of telecommunications, and the operators active in Belgium. He also advises foreign operators, both on European electronic communications law and on the specifics of the Belgian law.

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Education

  • 2012 - Bar admission (Brussels,Belgium)
  • 2011 - King's College of London, KCL - United Kingdom (LL.M. in European Law and International Trade Law)
  • 2009 - University of Louvain, UCLouvain (Master of Laws)
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Expertise

12/05/2022
10 key aspects of the revised EU competition law in the field of distribution...
The new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the new accompanying Vertical Guidelines (VGL) were published on 10 May 2022. The new VBER will enter into force on 1 June 2022 and apply for the next twelve years. The new VBER/VGL introduce sev
Law-Now Distribution and Franchising

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18/05/2023
5G regulation and law in Belgium
1. What is the state of 5G deployment in your country? There were delays to adopting 5G regulations due to a political disagreement between the federal authority and the regional authorities on how to...
Expert Guide TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
Comparable
16/07/2021
CMS Belgium advised Superbet on its acquisition of Napoleon Games Group
CMS Belgium advised Superbet in connection with the acquisition from Waterland of Napoleon Games Group, a leading Belgian operator active in the online, retail arcade and sports betting business, with...
Deals
13/01/2021
European General Court confirms that recourse to CAS arbitration under...
In its judgment of 16 December 2020, the European General Court decides that the European Commission was not entitled to consider that the arbitration rules of the International Skating Union (ISU), which...
Law-Now
08/01/2021
Court of Justice confirms that taxi apps are in principle to be qualified...
On 3 December 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered its ruling in the case Star Taxi App (C-62/19). The case concerns the interpretation of the notion of “in­form­a­tion...
Law-Now TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
14/12/2020
CMS Belgium assisted Proximus with the acquisition of Mobile Vikings
We assisted Proximus in connection with the acquisition of Mobile Vikings, a so-called MVNO or Mobile Virtual Network Operator, from DPG. The transaction is subject to clearance by the Belgian Competition...
Deals
18/12/2019
Certain shocking cases are sad reminders of the importance of caller location...
   In its judgment of 5 September 2019 (case C 417/18), the Court of Justice of the European Union considered that the Universal Service Directive requires Member States, subject to technical feasibility...
Newsletter
06/09/2017
European & Competition Law
Our team is led by Annabelle Lepièce and Dirk Van Liedekerke. Romain Alderweireldt, Joëlle Froidmont, Alexis Laes, Matthieu van Lierde, Nawal Bouz­in­ab-Chuit­ar, Nissim Picard, Mateusz Rys, Marie Vandenneucker...
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