CELIS-PEOPLE

Johannes is a Postdoctoral Researcher & Lecturer at the Department of European, International and Comparative Law of the University of Vienna. He studied law and political science and holds a PhD in international law. He previously worked as a project research assistant for a project on rule of law and investment law, a predoctoral researcher…

Dirk De Bièvre is professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Antwerp where he teaches international politics, research design and international political economy. He conducts and co-supervises research on international institutions, economic policy making, and the political economy of external relations of the European Union.

Prof. Antonio Calcara is the Head of the Geopolitics and Technology programme at the Center for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels. He is the Principal Investigator of the ERC project CODE – Competition in the Digital Era: Geopolitics and Technology in the XXI Century.

Isha Das is a PhD Candidate at the University of Passau. She is a Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin at the Lehrtstuhl of Professor Dr. Christoph Herrmann (LL.M) at the Lehrstuhl für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht, Europarecht, Europäisches und Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht and her PhD is also funded by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. Prior to her time in Passau,…

Beau Maes is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s EU competition and regulatory affairs practice group in Brussels. Beau has a broad knowledge of EU competition law, with a focus on merger control, foreign investment review, lawful cooperation agreements, abuse of dominance compliance, vertical advisory and overall compliance workstreams within the business. In addition, Beau advises…

Pavlo Prokhorov is an associate in Baker McKenzie’s EU competition and regulatory affairs practice group in Brussels. Pavlo has an extensive knowledge of EU competition law, with a focus on merger control (notifications and third-party complaints), foreign investment review, FSR and abuse of dominance cases. Pavlo also advises clients on Ukrainian competition law. His sector…

Paul Johnson is a partner in Baker McKenzie Brussels’ European & Competition Law Practice. He is an English qualified solicitor and has been practicing in Brussels and the UK for almost 15 years. Paul regularly represents clients on competition matters before the European Commission and has provided competition law advice with respect to over 100…

Dr. Olga Hrynkiv is an international law scholar with prior experience in legal practice. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society and a fellow at the Tilburg Law and Economics Center. In recent years, she has published contributions examining various aspects of export controls, economic…

Philipp Gnatzy is a partner in Kirkland’s Antitrust & Competition Team, spanning the offices in London and Brussel. With a practice that encompasses merger control, antitrust and foreign investment control for large international transactions, he has been in touch with almost all active FDI regimes in addition to his particular focus on EU, UK, German,…

CFIS 24 Programme Sherpa and Junior Associate at BLOMSTEIN 

CFIS 24 Programme Sherpa and Junior Associate at BLOMSTEIN 

CFIS 24 Programme Sherpa and Junior Associate at BLOMSTEIN 

CFIS 24 Programme Sherpa and Junior Associate at BLOMSTEIN 

CFIS 24 Programme Sherpa and Junior Associate at BLOMSTEIN . Marcelo Sequeira de Sousa specializes in all aspects of European and Portuguese antitrust and competition law. He advises clients in proceedings before the European Commission and European courts, in international investigations and merger transactions, as well as in compliance matters. Marcelo also provides advice on…

Lecturer and PhD Candidate in European and International Economic Law at the Public Law Research Institute for State and Law (SteR), Radboud University, Nijmegen. He holds an LL.M degree in Corporate Law and a MSc degree in Corporate Finance.

Benedikt Sichla is a Research Assistant in the Antitrust Group at Clifford Chance Partnerschaft mbB in Düsseldorf, Germany, and a doctoral candidate with Professor Dr Christian Pielow, Managing Director of the Institute for Mining and Energy Law at the Ruhr University Bochum.

I am currently pursuing a Master’s Program at Sciences Po Paris in International Security. My academic interests focus on the evolving notion of security in the context of foreign direct investment. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in European Studies from Maastricht University, where my studies were centred on analysing the European response amidst evolving geo-economic…

Lasse Puroma is CELIS Country Reporter for Finland. Lasse Puroma is a chief specialist at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland. He leads the national foreign investment screening application process and is the vice chair of the national FDI screening network. He has also worked with EU single market policy questions as…

Veronia Roberts is CELIS Country Reporter for the United Kingdon. A solicitor advocate, Veronica specialises in EU and UK competition law, and has experience working in Brussels and London. Veronica heads the UK competition, regulation and trade practice of Herbert Smith Freehills. Veronica has over 25 years’ experience dealing effectively with high profile competition investigations…

Ruth Allen is CELIS Country Reporter for the United Kingdon. Ruth Allen is a professional support lawyer in our competition, regulation and trade practice, based in London. She provides technical advice to clients and colleagues on issues of both substantive competition law and procedure, and is also responsible for know-how resources and training programmes. Ruth…

Lorenzo Bernardini is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the University of Luxembourg. As of 2022, he is actively participating in two DG JUST Action Grants funded by the European Commission – the first focused on the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders, and the second on the digitalization of…

Victor Crochet is a senior associate at the law firm Van Bael & Bellis based in Brussels where his practice focuses on EU and international economic law and policy. Victor is also undertaking a PhD at the University of Cambridge on the same topics.