CELIS-PEOPLE

Laszlo Csonka studied law at the University of Neuchâtel and completed a postgraduate Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Business Law at King’s College London. After working at leading Swiss law firms in their Dispute Resolution practice groups, he joined the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) within the Directorate for Foreign Economic Affairs…

Noelia Martinez specializes in European competition law and has broad experience representing companies in merger control and FDI proceedings before the European Commission and national authorities around the globe. She also represents clients in alleged cartel and abuse of dominant investigations as well as compliance matters. Her experience includes the application of new EU legislation…

Daniel Wendelsson heads Vinge’s practice on public procurement and foreign direct investment control (FDI). Daniel is one of the leading experts in Sweden within public procurement law and FDI. He has extensive experience of court litigation in public procurement cases and assists clients at all stages in tender procedures and agreements between public sector and…

Anastasiia Panchak is a Senior Associate at Asters, the largest law firm in Ukraine. She advises clients on all aspects of antitrust and competition law, including cartels, abuse of dominance, merger control, unfair competition, antitrust litigation, and vertical agreements. Anastasiia holds an LL.M. degree in International Law from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law,…

Katarzyna Stradomska is an EU-qualified lawyer (adwokat) specializing in foreign direct investment (FDI) screening and merger control, with a background in litigation and mediation. She currently serves as a senior expert at the Polish Competition Authority (UOKiK), where she has extensive experience in handling FDI screening, merger control proceedings, drafting legal interpretations, and analyzing draft…

Vincent Reijns is a senior associate at Van Bael & Bellis, specialising in Belgian foreign direct investment (FDI), alongside his dispute resolution practice (qualified in Belgium). He regularly reviews FDI filing requirements and assists on obtaining Belgian FDI clearances for a wide variety of clients, ranging from global industrial companies to international investment firms and…

  Helene is a fifth-year law student in the integrated European Lawyer program, a six-year course culminating in three degrees across three different legal systems. After completing her law studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, she is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in French Public Law (Master 1 en Droit Public) at Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, France.…

Órlaith Higgins is an Irish final year LLB student in International and European Law at the University of Groningen. Órlaith has worked as a legal research assistant and as a student teaching assistant throughout her time at RUG. She has a special interest in the intersection of international investment law and the public policy considerations…

John Kay is the Head of Programmes and Strategic Partnerships at the CELIS Institute, where he leads initiatives to foster informed dialogue on economic security policy and foreign investment regulation. He brings extensive experience in transatlantic commercial relations, economic policy, and institutional development. Before joining CELIS, John served as Program Director for Eastern Europe and…

Dr. Grith Skovgaard Ølykke is a Commercial law consultant, Senior Director, at Law Firm Poul Schmith in Copenhagen. While co-authoring this blog post, she was a Senior Researcher at Department of Economics, Management and Leadership of the Belgian Royal Military Academy/Department of Applied Economics and the Brussels Centre for Competition Policy of Vrije Universiteit Brussels.…

Professor Dr. Cind Du Bois has a Master degree in Economics as well as in Political Sciences. In 2007 she obtained her PhD in Economics from the Free University of Brussels and started her academic career. Since 2009 she is affiliated to the Royal Military Academy (RMA) where she currently heads the Department of Economics,…

Gregory Kegels is a doctoral researcher (Drs) at the department of Applied Economics of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, where he works on the joint VUB-RMA BEPIDS project (Belgian Economic Potential in the Industry of Defence and Security). He also works at the Department of Economics Management and Leadership at the Belgian Royal Military Academy as a military reservist,…

Caroline Buts is professor and vice-dean at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel where she teaches European Integration and Competition Policy. She obtained her PhD in 2012 on the Economics of State aid which, next to defence and peace economics, is still one of her main areas…

Martyna Lechowska is an associate within the Funds and Investments group, which regularly represents founders, sponsors and management teams when setting up alternative investment funds, and institutional investors when investing in fund structures globally, and advises funds in their day-to-day operations.

Gustav Eiroff is an associate within the FDI and the M&A and Private Equity group, which regularly represent private equity clients on cross-border and domestic M&A transactions, advise clients on general corporate matters and assist with drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.