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Damien Geradin
Avenue des Nerviens 9-31
Brussels 1040
Belgium
+32 (0)2 741 10 97
+32 (0)2 741 10 12 (Fax)
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Damien Geradin is a partner in Howrey’s Brussels office. Damien brings to Howrey a distinguished academic career in antitrust and competition law and extensive experience on the interface between competition and intellectual property, as well as the regulation of network industries. Damien advises firms, governments and regulatory agencies in a range of industries, including telecommunications, media, postal services, energy, and transport. He has also developed specific expertise in the area of standardisation and IP licensing.
Damien is currently a Professor of competition law and economics at Tilburg University and a William Cook Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan Law School. Over the years, Damien has held visiting Professorships at leading US law schools including Columbia, Harvard and Yale. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Competition Law and Economics (Oxford University Press).
"Because of Howrey's very strong presence in AT and IP, there is no better place to advise large and sophisticated high-tech companies and satisfy their needs."
Representative Highlights
- Microsoft. Howrey represents Microsoft in the European Commission’s investigation in relation to the alleged tying of Internet Explorer with Microsoft’s Windows Operating System. After successfully defending Microsoft against the Statement of Objections, Microsoft concluded the case with an appropriate settlement in December 2009 bringing the long-standing hostilities that unfortunately marked its relationship with the Commission to an end (2009).
- EC Complaints Against Qualcomm Inc. Represented Qualcomm, the world’s leading developer of wireless communication technology, in the European Commission’s investigation regarding complaints lodged by Nokia, Ericsson, NEC, Panasonic, Texas instruments and Broadcom. In November 2009 the European Commission announced that it decided to close the formal antitrust proceedings marking the first time a major US high tech firm, subject of an Article 102 EC investigation, has succeeded in having the case against it terminated and hence avoided not only the issuance of a Statement of Objections but also a finding of infringement (2005 - 2009).
- Google / DoubleClick. Representing a third party intervener objecting to the merger (2008).
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Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- European Commission
- Belgian National Courts
- Arbitration Tribunals
Education
- Cambridge University (PhD in Law, 1995)
- Kings College, London (LL.M. in Law, 1991)
- University of Liège Law School (1989), Magna Cum Laude
Languages
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Dutch
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