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Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh

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Overview

With over a decade of experience in EU and Belgian competition law, Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh focuses her practice on antitrust damages recovery. She assists clients in proceedings relating to actions for damages for competition law infringements.

Marieke has represented national and international companies before the Belgian Competition Authority and the European Commission in both merger control proceedings and cartel investigations. In addition, she regularly litigates competition cases before the Belgian and European courts.

Marieke is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels office and a member of the firm’s Antitrust and Competition Group. Her experience includes counseling clients on cooperation, exclusivity, and distribution agreements across various industries, including the transport and telecom sectors and entertainment. She also assists clients in the e-commerce sector with matters relating to online sales and presence.

Career & Education

    • Ghent University, J.D., magna cum laude, 2012
    • New York University School of Law, LL.M., competition, innovation, and information law, 2016
    • Ghent University, J.D., magna cum laude, 2012
    • New York University School of Law, LL.M., competition, innovation, and information law, 2016
    • Belgium
    • European Court
    • Belgium
    • European Court
    • Dutch
    • English
    • French
    • Dutch
    • English
    • French
I work with Thomas De Meese and Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh. Both are exceptionally skilled. Good industry knowledge, their legal knowledge is second to none. Advice is hands-on and pragmatic. They think with the client for workable solutions.

— Legal 500 , 2024

Marieke's Insights

Client Alert | 7 min read | 10.29.26

7th EU Competition Law Conference, co-hosted by Crowell & Moring, King’s College London and the Competition Law Center at George Washington University

On 8 October 2026, Crowell & Moring, King's College London, and the Competition Law Center at George Washington University co-hosted the 7th EU Competition Law Conference at De Warande in Brussels. Mark Meador, Commissioner at the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), delivered the opening keynote address, followed by four panels bringing together practitioners, regulators, academics, and in-house counsel to discuss the latest developments in EU, UK, and US competition law enforcement. Among other things, the panels examined algorithmic pricing; the European Commission's (Commission) new guidelines on exclusionary abuses under Article 102 TFEU (Article 102 Guidelines); the impact of dominant positions in merger reviews; and lessons from the enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act. ...

Marieke's Insights

Client Alert | 7 min read | 10.29.26

7th EU Competition Law Conference, co-hosted by Crowell & Moring, King’s College London and the Competition Law Center at George Washington University

On 8 October 2026, Crowell & Moring, King's College London, and the Competition Law Center at George Washington University co-hosted the 7th EU Competition Law Conference at De Warande in Brussels. Mark Meador, Commissioner at the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), delivered the opening keynote address, followed by four panels bringing together practitioners, regulators, academics, and in-house counsel to discuss the latest developments in EU, UK, and US competition law enforcement. Among other things, the panels examined algorithmic pricing; the European Commission's (Commission) new guidelines on exclusionary abuses under Article 102 TFEU (Article 102 Guidelines); the impact of dominant positions in merger reviews; and lessons from the enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act. ...