Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh is an associate at Crowell & Moring’s Brussels Office and a member of the firm’s Antitrust Group. Her practice involves the full range of EU and Belgian competition law including restrictive practices, merger control, and state aid.
Marieke focuses in particular on antitrust damages recovery. She assists clients in proceedings relating to actions for damages for competition law infringements. Marieke also assists clients in the e-commerce sector with matters relating to online sales and presence.
Marieke’s experience includes counseling national and international clients on cooperation, exclusivity and distribution agreements, across various industries, including the transport and telecom sector and the entertainment industry. In addition, she has represented clients before the Belgian competition authority and the EU Commission in merger proceedings and competition investigations.
Marieke obtained her J.D., magna cum laude, from Ghent University in 2012. She became a member of the Brussels bar that same year. In 2016, she obtained an LL.M in Competition, Innovation and Information Law from New York University.
Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Marieke worked at the EU Competition Practice of one of Belgium’s largest independent law firms, where she advised national and international companies on various competition-related matters, as well as represented several clients before the Belgian Competition Authority, the Belgian courts, and the European Commission.
Affiliations
Admitted to practice: in Belgium and before the European Court
Speeches & Presentations
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"Big Data and Competition Rules: Competition Aspects of Collecting and Using (Big) Data," IJE/IBJ Deep Dive, Brussels
(February 7, 2019).
Presenters: Thomas De Meese, Karl Stas, Evi Mattioli, and Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh.
Publications
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"E-Commerce in Europe: A Look at the Ongoing Impact of the European Commission’s 2017 E-Commerce Sector Inquiry," Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
(June 4, 2019).
Authors: Sean-Paul Brankin and Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh.
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"E-Commerce in Europe: A Look into Nike’s Recent Antitrust Fines," Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
(May 9, 2019).
Authors: Sean-Paul Brankin and Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh.
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"Verkopen via Amazon en eBay onder druk: platformverbod niet beperkt tot luxeproducten in selectieve distributienetwerken?" Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht-Revue de Droit Commercial Belge 2018/8, p. 918-923
(2018).
Author: Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh.
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"De rechtsvordering tot schadevergoeding voor mededingingsinbreuken. Een grote stap vooruit?" Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht-Revue de Droit Commercial Belge 2018/2, p. 119-140
(2018).
Author: Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh.
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