Jules Stuyck
Overview
Jules Stuyck is a senior counsel in Crowell & Moring's Brussels office and is a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition and Product Risk Management groups. Jules is an experienced litigator, focusing on European competition law, intellectual property, and market practices. He counsels clients on state aid, the customs union, free movement, public procurement, trademark and trade practices law, media law, and environmental law.
Career & Education
- Catholic University of Leuven, J.D.
- Catholic University of Leuven, Ph.D.
- Belgium
- European Court
Professional Activities and Memberships
Jules is an emeritus professor of top European universities: KU Leuven (Catholic University Leuven) (BE) and Raboud Universiteit Nijmegen (NL). He is a guest professor at Université Panthéon-Assas Paris 2 (FR), and former guest professor at Central European University Budapest (HU). He is chair of the SELDIA (the direct selling association) Code Administrator.
- Dutch
- English
- French
Jules's Insights
Client Alert | 19 min read | 01.31.24
2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations
A number of important Belgian and EU legislative changes are likely to have an impact in 2024. On the one hand, there are new laws that have been adopted and will start to bite, and, on the other, there are proposals that are expected to firm up into law.
Client Alert | 4 min read | 12.17.21
Firm News | 2 min read | 04.27.20
Legal 500 EMEA Recommends Crowell & Moring in 11 Practice Areas and Recognizes 13 Lawyers
Firm News | 1 min read | 04.09.20
Chambers Ranks Seven Lawyers and Four Practice Groups in 2020 Europe Guide
Representative Matters
- Jules represented the Belgian authorities in the first important follow-on claim for damages against members of a cartel (that had previously been condemned by a Decision of the European Commission).
- Jules acted recently for an important operator of the sharing economy against incumbents that tried to hinder the activity with an action for unfair competition in Belgian courts.
- He represented a Belgian airline in a state aid case triggered in a Belgian court by a competitor.
- He assisted several European agencies before the General Court of the EU in cases regarding public procurement.
Jules's Insights
Client Alert | 19 min read | 01.31.24
2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations
A number of important Belgian and EU legislative changes are likely to have an impact in 2024. On the one hand, there are new laws that have been adopted and will start to bite, and, on the other, there are proposals that are expected to firm up into law.
Client Alert | 4 min read | 12.17.21
Firm News | 2 min read | 04.27.20
Legal 500 EMEA Recommends Crowell & Moring in 11 Practice Areas and Recognizes 13 Lawyers
Firm News | 1 min read | 04.09.20
Chambers Ranks Seven Lawyers and Four Practice Groups in 2020 Europe Guide
Recognition
- Personally ranked in Chambers Europe for Competition law.
- “a well-respected figure” with a “long-standing presence in the Belgian competition sphere” and a “broad experience of aspects across competition and trade law” (2020)
- “a brilliant lawyer” and a “delightful person” (2019)
- “Clients appreciate that his ‘very proactive, good knowledge of our business produces very accurate advice’” (2018)
- “very thorough, easy to work with and adapts well to changes in a litigation. His first-class strategic legal thinking is also an extremely precious asset.” (2017)
- Recommended in Legal 500 EMEA for Belgian and EU and Global Competition.
- “has over three decades of experience in the competition arena as a competition practitioner, government adviser and law professor.” (2020)
Jules's Insights
Client Alert | 19 min read | 01.31.24
2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations
A number of important Belgian and EU legislative changes are likely to have an impact in 2024. On the one hand, there are new laws that have been adopted and will start to bite, and, on the other, there are proposals that are expected to firm up into law.
Client Alert | 4 min read | 12.17.21
Firm News | 2 min read | 04.27.20
Legal 500 EMEA Recommends Crowell & Moring in 11 Practice Areas and Recognizes 13 Lawyers
Firm News | 1 min read | 04.09.20
Chambers Ranks Seven Lawyers and Four Practice Groups in 2020 Europe Guide
Jules's Insights
Client Alert | 19 min read | 01.31.24
2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations
A number of important Belgian and EU legislative changes are likely to have an impact in 2024. On the one hand, there are new laws that have been adopted and will start to bite, and, on the other, there are proposals that are expected to firm up into law.
Client Alert | 4 min read | 12.17.21
Firm News | 2 min read | 04.27.20
Legal 500 EMEA Recommends Crowell & Moring in 11 Practice Areas and Recognizes 13 Lawyers
Firm News | 1 min read | 04.09.20
Chambers Ranks Seven Lawyers and Four Practice Groups in 2020 Europe Guide