More than 25 years of economic analysis in a legal context
Work experience
From investment banking and valuation to merger control, monitoring trustee mandates and damages claims. The same analytical foundation, applied across the full breadth of the legal field.
Oxera
Head of the Amsterdam office. Worked on range of merger control/competition and damages cases in Netherlands and beyond. Advice to clients in The Netherlands and across Europe with focus on merger control and quantification of damages
International Competition Network (ICN)
Advisor to the European Commission within the International Competition Network (ICN) and involved with the Mergers Working Group, together with competition authorities and economic experts from across Europe. Involved in discussions and developments in the field of international merger control and remedies policy.
Liberty Global
Responsible for economic argumentation in regulatory and legal proceedings across the group. Coordination of merger declarations, including Virgin Media, Ziggo, BASE and De Vijver Media. Participant in the internal leadership program “Fast Forward” (class 2015).
CompetitionRx
Senior member of a boutique firm specialised in monitoring trustee mandates. Involved in establishing and executing trustee mandates, including Natexis and VUP. Led the development of a database of European merger remedies cases.
Duff & Phelps
Core member of the management team of the Financial Advisory practice. Responsible for building a new European trustee practice.
KPN
Advisory role within the regulatory team and the legal department. Coordinating KPN's contributions to market reviews by the national regulator and providing input on merger assessments. Nominated for the KPN Talent Development Program.
PwC - Economics Practice
Project management for competition and regulatory assignments for international clients. Member of the telecommunications and media sector group.
PwC - Corporate Finance
Involved in valuation assignments involving firms and projects with an aggregate value in excess of EUR 1 billion as well as multiple mid-market M&A transactions.
From merger control to damages proceedings
A selection of matters from across the full breadth of the practice.
Liberty Global/Sunrise -WEKO
RTL Group/Talpa - ACM
RTL Group/TF1-M6 - AdlC
Liberty Global/Ziggo - Europese Commissie
Shell & TotalEnergies/Aramis CCS - ACM
PKN Orlen/PGNiG - EC & UOKiK
VTTI — Damages in the termination of a lease agreement
Merger control and competion matters
A selection of cases where market delimitation and competition law analysis were at the heart. The work includes merger control at the European Commission and national authorities in Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland, in addition to various competition issues such as vertical agreements, sustainability cooperation and state aid.
Merger control
Swisscom / Vodafone Italy
EP Group / IDS
Finco / Klaas de Boer
RTL / SBS
PKN Orlen / PGNiG
HES International / OBA
Liberty Global / Ziggo
Vodafone / Liberty Global JV
Liberty Global / BASE
Car dealerships
Sherwin-Williams / SIC Holding
Other
Market definition and price leadership for specialty chemicals
Vertical agreements with regard to online pricing of televisions
Green collaboration agreement for carbon capture and storage project Aramis
MEOP review for the Dutch municipality related to financial transactions involved local soccer club
Damages quantification
A selection of cases where Maurice was involved in quantifying damages or reviewing a report submitted by the opposing party. The cases span a range of sectors and contractual disputes, handled before Dutch courts and in arbitration.
Bike assembly, breach of supply agreement
Base chemicals, breach of supply agreement
Internet access, breach of supply agreement
Package holidays, breach of non-compete clause
Bulk liquid storage, breach of extension clause
Merger Remedies
A selection of cases involving the design and implementation of merger remedies. The work falls into two distinct roles: acting as monitoring trustee for the European Commission in cases involving airlines, industrial gases, retail banking, energy, coatings and publishing, and advising on the design and implementation of remedies, including divestitures, FRAND commitments and MVNO access in the telecoms and media sectors.
Monitoring trustee mandates
Airlines: slot divestitures
Industrial gas: divestiture of business units
around specifig gases
Retail banking: behavioural remedies related to pricing
Energy: divestiture of construction project for new plant
Energy: divestiture of retail business
Coatings: divestiture of decorative coatings business
Publishing: review of suitablity of purchaser
Implementation and advice
NL cable operator: divestiture of film business and behavioural remedies related to IP interconnection and channel agreements
BE media business: FRAND remedy related to content agreements
MVNO access remedies in Austria, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands
Mobile divestiture remedy in Belgium
Shipping fuel: divestiture of assets
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