Profession
Avocat/Advocaat
Experience
Gerwin Van Gerven has over 25 years experience advising on competition. Areas of practice include merger control, anti-cartel enforcement, abuse complaints and other conduct investigations. He has represented European, US and Asian clients from a wide variety of industries in proceedings before the European Commission, the European Court of First Instance and the European Court of Justice, courts and competition authorities across.
Gerwin was named “Competition Lawyer of the Year” in 2008 by Who’s Who Legal Awards. He has been recommended as a leading competition lawyer in all major directories.
Professional experience
2007 - Global Head of Competition/Antitrust, Linklaters
2003 - 2007 Co-Head of Competition/Antitrust, Linklaters
2002 - 2003 Partner, Linklaters, Brussels*
1991 - 2001 Partner, De Bandt, van Hecke, Lagae & Loesch, Brussels
1985 - 1991 Associate, De Bandt, van Hecke, Lagae & Loesch, Brussels
1984 - 1985 Associate, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington D.C., USA
1984 - Associate, Sidley & Austin, New York N.Y., USA
* In 2002, De Bandt, van Hecke, Lagae & Loesch merged with Linklaters
Education
1983 - 1984 Harvard Law School, LL.M.
1979 - 1983 University of Leuven, Licence in Economics
1977 - 1982 University of Leuven, Licence in Law
Languages
Dutch, English, French
