Thomas De Meese
Overview
Thomas De Meese serves as co-managing partner of the firm's Brussels office and has been a member of the Brussels bar since 1993. He focuses on competition and unfair competition, telecommunications, media and technology law and gambling regulatory matters. Thomas' experience includes day-to-day counselling on distribution issues, technology licensing, patent pools, joint bidding, standard setting, dominance issues, the activities of trade associations, etc. He has developed and implemented pan-European antitrust compliance and training programs for multinational companies. He represents parties in competition investigations and merger proceedings with both the Belgian Competition Authority and the EC Commission. Thomas regularly litigates competition cases before national courts.
Career & Education
- College of Europe (Bruges), M.A., magna cum laude, advanced european studies
- University of Antwerp, J.D., magna cum laude
- Belgium
- European Court
Professional Activities and Memberships
- IBA
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
Sources say that Thomas is ‘pragmatic and to the point.’ ‘He is very practical and understands our business really well,’ states another client.
— Chambers Europe, 2022
Thomas's Insights
Event | 03.27.24
Hallucinating Deepfakes and Their Human Friends: Life, Love and Law in times of Generative AI
This is an invite-only client event.
Would you replace a human news anchor by synthetic animation? Would you use AI-generated music for a commercial, for a documentary or for a feature film? Would you have an AI tool write a first draft of an article or, inversely, edit and correct human copy? Would you have an AI make the first selection of among hundreds of scenarios? Or would you trust it to pick the ingredients for a hit series? Would you let an AI make trailers and thumbnails of a new series for the socials? Would you have your subscribers chat to an AI to process their complaints?
Firm News | 2 min read | 03.14.24
Chambers Ranks Crowell Lawyers and Practices in 2024 Europe Guide
Client Alert | 19 min read | 01.31.24
2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations
Client Alert | 8 min read | 01.23.24
Representative Matters
- Represent a broadcaster in appeals against a decision by the BCA to clear the acquisition of another broadcaster by a competitor.
- Represent a cable operator in the EU merger proceedings regarding the creation of a video streaming platform.
- Represent a retailer in several investigations by national competition authorities.
- Represent a manufacturer as a defendant in an infringement investigation by the European Commission.
- Represent complainants in follow-on damages litigation.
- Represent a cable operator in various appeals against decisions of the telecommunications regulator.
- Represent online and land-based bookmakers in litigation against government-owned incumbent operators.
Thomas's Insights
Event | 03.27.24
Hallucinating Deepfakes and Their Human Friends: Life, Love and Law in times of Generative AI
This is an invite-only client event.
Would you replace a human news anchor by synthetic animation? Would you use AI-generated music for a commercial, for a documentary or for a feature film? Would you have an AI tool write a first draft of an article or, inversely, edit and correct human copy? Would you have an AI make the first selection of among hundreds of scenarios? Or would you trust it to pick the ingredients for a hit series? Would you let an AI make trailers and thumbnails of a new series for the socials? Would you have your subscribers chat to an AI to process their complaints?
Firm News | 2 min read | 03.14.24
Chambers Ranks Crowell Lawyers and Practices in 2024 Europe Guide
Client Alert | 19 min read | 01.31.24
2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations
Client Alert | 8 min read | 01.23.24
Practices
- Antitrust and Competition — Brussels Practice
- Product Risk Management
- Dispute Resolution — Brussels Practice
- Corporate and Transactional
- Litigation and Trial
- Technology, Media, and Telecommunications — Brussels Practice
- Recovery
- Regulatory — Brussels Practice
- European Competition Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Antitrust Counseling
- Advertising and Brand Protection
- International Dispute Resolution — Brussels Practice
- International Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust and Competition
- Brussels Practice
- Technology — Brussels Practice
- Advertising and Product Risk Management — Brussels Practice
- Betting and Gambling — Brussels Practice
Industries
Thomas's Insights
Event | 03.27.24
Hallucinating Deepfakes and Their Human Friends: Life, Love and Law in times of Generative AI
This is an invite-only client event.
Would you replace a human news anchor by synthetic animation? Would you use AI-generated music for a commercial, for a documentary or for a feature film? Would you have an AI tool write a first draft of an article or, inversely, edit and correct human copy? Would you have an AI make the first selection of among hundreds of scenarios? Or would you trust it to pick the ingredients for a hit series? Would you let an AI make trailers and thumbnails of a new series for the socials? Would you have your subscribers chat to an AI to process their complaints?
Firm News | 2 min read | 03.14.24
Chambers Ranks Crowell Lawyers and Practices in 2024 Europe Guide
Client Alert | 19 min read | 01.31.24
2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations
Client Alert | 8 min read | 01.23.24