Karel Bourgeois
Overview
Clients turn to Karel Bourgeois to manage their competition risks, and they value his pragmatic approach and commercial understanding. Karel’s practice focuses on EU and Belgian competition law, foreign direct investment screening, and the regulation of state aid and subsidies.
Career & Education
- University of Antwerp, L.B., magna cum laude, 2000
- Catholic University of Leuven, M.L., magna cum laude, 2003
- University of Chicago Law School, LL.M., 2004
- Belgium
- European Court
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
Karel Bourgeois is an excellent lawyer and very pleasant to work with. He understands the paramount importance of the matters he advises on. He is very dedicated and frankly proven [to be] the best support when stakes are high. He is smart, inventive, calm, understands office politics and priorities, and gets the job done!
— The Legal 500 EMEA, Competition: EU and Global, 2022
Karel's Insights
Client Alert | 11 min read | 06.20.24
Crowell & Moring and King’s College London 6th Annual Competition Law Conference
On Tuesday, June 11, 2024, Crowell & Moring (Crowell) and King's College London co-hosted their 6thannual Competition Law Conference at TheMerode in Brussels. The event featured a keynote address by David Lawrence, Policy Director at the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and four panels of experts discussing the latest developments in competition law in the EU, UK and US. Key topics included the impact of AI and digital innovation, no-poach and non-compete provisions in the employment context, state aid and the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, and developments in merger enforcement. Distinguished speakers from the EU, UK and US, representing diverse perspectives from regulatory authorities, academia, and industry, shared their insights on these pressing issues.
Client Alert | 22 min read | 05.31.24
2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations – UPDATED in May 2024
Insights
It’s Not Easy Being Green: The European Commission’s New Guidance On Sustainability Agreements
|01.30.24
The Global Regulatory Developments Journal
Recensie Karel Marchand: Concentratiecontrole in België door Karel Bourgeois
|September 2023
Competitio, vol. 2023 n°2, p. 250-251
Recente ontwikkelingen op het gebied van de concentratiecontrole in België
|06.01.23
Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht, R.D.C.-T.B.H., 2023/6, p. 776-795
The European Commission Updates Rules for Cooperation Between Competitors
|09.09.22
IBJ/IJE Partner Blog
Algoritmische Prijsbepalingen en Artificiële Intelligentie: mededingingsrechtelijke aspecten
|04.01.22
Artificiële Intelligentie door de ogen van de Bedrijfsjurist
ESG: an introduction to the European framework and recent initiatives in Belgium
|09.09.21
IBJ / IJE blog article
Google Shopping Win “Vindicates” EU’s Digital Focus, Lawyers Say
|11.10.21
Global Competition Review
Practices
- Antitrust and Competition — Brussels Practice
- Dispute Resolution — Brussels Practice
- Regulatory — Brussels Practice
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Administrative Law
- Antitrust Counseling
- Civil Antitrust Litigation
- European Competition Law
- Antitrust Mergers and Acquisitions
- Antitrust and Competition
- Brussels Practice
- Antitrust Investigations
- Health Care Antitrust
- Financial Services
Karel's Insights
Client Alert | 11 min read | 06.20.24
Crowell & Moring and King’s College London 6th Annual Competition Law Conference
On Tuesday, June 11, 2024, Crowell & Moring (Crowell) and King's College London co-hosted their 6thannual Competition Law Conference at TheMerode in Brussels. The event featured a keynote address by David Lawrence, Policy Director at the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and four panels of experts discussing the latest developments in competition law in the EU, UK and US. Key topics included the impact of AI and digital innovation, no-poach and non-compete provisions in the employment context, state aid and the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, and developments in merger enforcement. Distinguished speakers from the EU, UK and US, representing diverse perspectives from regulatory authorities, academia, and industry, shared their insights on these pressing issues.
Client Alert | 22 min read | 05.31.24
2024: An Overview of New and Upcoming Belgian and EU Laws and Regulations – UPDATED in May 2024