Dr. Arvid van Loon
Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Associate, Düsseldorf
Overview
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Published works
Overview
Arvid is an associate in Linklaters’ Düsseldorf Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group. He specialises in European and German antitrust law and investment control under German foreign trade law.
He represents clients before the European Commission, the German Federal Cartel Office as well as before European and German courts. He also has particular expertise in advising on compliance issues and training.
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Arvid studied Law at the Philipps-University Marburg.
In 2023, he was awarded a PhD by the Faculty of Law at Philipps University Marburg for his thesis on the competition law assessment of various reforms of football associations.
Arvid completed his legal traineeship in 2024 in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf and completed the final stage at Linklaters’ New York office.
He speaks German and English.Published works
Arvid regularly publishes articles in German and English language journals and handbooks. Recent publications include:
- Ein allzu verbandsfreundliches Votum im Super-League-Streit in: FAZ-Einspruch (2022)
- Sport und Kartellrecht – Reformen der Fußballverbände auf dem Prüfstand, Köln, Forschungsinstitut für Wirtschaftsverfassung und Wettbewerb, Carl Heymanns Verlag (2023)
- Balancing Tradition and Commercialisation: The German Football Club Ownership Rules at a Legal Crossroads in LawInSport (2025), Plötz, Sebastian / Hömann, Aurélien / van Loon, Arvid