Verheyden, Alexandre G.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• Dutch
• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Alexandre Verheyden's practice focuses on competition/antitrust law, representing major corporations before the European Commission, European courts, and national authorities. Alexandre also has significant experience in transatlantic mergers.

Alexandre's experience involves abuse of dominant position/monopoly offense, cartel, merger, and state aid cases. He represented DoubleClick in its merger with Google and BT in its various mergers since 1995 (including MCI, AT&T, Infonet, and Radianz). He obtained a favorable judgment in a €500 million damage claim for abuse of dominant position against Belgacom Mobile and the largest fine ever imposed on a dominant enterprise by the Competition Council. He represented Dole in the banana cartel case and Bouygues Telecom in several state aid cases against the French government. He also represents Toyota in all its competition law-related European distribution matters.

Alexandre is vice chair of the Communications Committee of the International Bar Association and received an award from the Belgian American Educational Foundation. He is a regular speaker at conferences.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Litigation
• Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
• General Antitrust Counseling
• International Cartel Investigations
• State Aid
• Telecommunications Regulation
• Telecommunications

Representative Cases

• BASE files claim against Belgacom Mobile for abuse of dominant position
• BASE pursues litigation to annul license agreement for cell phone coverage in Brussels Region tunnels
• BASE wins Brussels Court of Appeal case regarding mobile telecom termination fees
• Bayer secures worldwide antitrust approval for Visible Genetics acquisition
• Bouygues Telecom initiates EC state aid proceeding
• Bridgestone acquires Belgian tire mold manufacturer Mecamold
• British Telecom obtains EC antitrust clearance for $175 million acquisition of extranet service provider Radianz
• COLT Telecom España and four telecom operators pursue competition law complaint against Belgacom for abuse of dominant position
• J.M. Huber sells global precipitated calcium carbonate business to Omya , (2009)
• MCI Worldcom and four other telecom operators charge Belgacom with abuse of dominant position
• Mobistar defends Belgian regulatory attempt to reduce mobile phone service termination charges
• O2 UK defends against EC roaming investigation
• Scoot Benelux brings antitrust claim against Belgacom involving directory services
• Starmap Alliance proposes seamless international mobile telecom services , (2009)
• Tele Danmark lodges opposition to proposed Telia/Telenor merger
• Telenet Operaties wins dismissal of abuse of dominance case in unique EU judgment
• Total acquires Elf Aquitaine for $55 billion , (2009)
• Toyota forms joint venture with PSA Peugeot Citroën
• VersaTel in competition law dispute with Belgium incumbent telecom operator

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Complex Litigation, Deceptive Trade Practices, Defense Contracts, Federal Contracts, Government Construction Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Procurement, International Antitrust, International Law, International Transactions, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, RICO Act, RICO Act, State & Municipal Contracts, Trade Regulation, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition

Bar Admissions

• Belgium
• New York

Education

• U Catholique-Louvain - Belgium
• U of Chicago

Published Works

• Crystalizing the Principles of the EU Regulatory Framework in the Belgian Regulator’s Market Analyses and the Case Law, 2009
• Functional separation in Belgium, 2009
• Article 82 Guidelines—Missed Opportunities In the Telecoms Sector, Global Competition Policy magazine, 2009
• Jones Day and ECTA Publish European Regulatory Scorecard for 2008, 2009
• Jones Day and ECTA Publish European Regulatory Scorecard for 2007, 2008
• Jones Day and ECTA Publish European Regulatory Scorecard for 2006, 2006
• Regulatory Progress or Setback in Interconnection Pricing?, IBA Journal Convergence, Vol 2, No 1, 2006
• Jones Day and ECTA Publish European Regulatory Scorecard for 2005, 2005
• Jones Day and ECTA Publish Second European Regulatory Scorecard, 2004
• Jones Day Publishes First European Regulatory Telecommunications Scorecard, 2002
• Recent Developments in International Cartel Enforcement:The EU's New Leniency Notice, 2002

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