Experience

More than 25 years of economic analysis in a legal context

Career

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

Partner
2018-2026

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)

ICN Advisor European Commission
2018 – 2023

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

Vice President Competition Policy
2012 – 2018

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

(now Mazars)
Principal Trustee
2011-2012

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

(now Kroll)
Director / Vice President
2007-2010

Core member of the management team of the Financial Advisory practice. Responsible for building a new European trustee practice.

KPN

Senior Regulatory Economist
2006-2007

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

Assistant Director / Manager
2000-2006

Project management for competition and regulatory assignments for international clients. Member of the telecommunications and media sector group.

PwC - Corporate Finance

Consultant - Valuations & M&A
1997-2000

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.

Cases

From merger control to damages proceedings

A selection of matters from across the full breadth of the practice.

2018-2020

Liberty Global/Sunrise -WEKO

Advising on obtaining clearance from the Swiss competition authority for the combination of activities valued at €7.4 billion. Nominated for the GCR Award "European Merger Control Matter of the Year".
Merger control
2021-2023

RTL Group/Talpa - ACM

Advising RTL Group in the review by the Dutch competition authority of the proposed merger with Talpa Network.
Merger Control
2021-2022

RTL Group/TF1-M6 - AdlC

Advising RTL Group in the review by the French competition authority of the merger between TF1 and M6.
Merger Control
2014-2018

Liberty Global/Ziggo - Europese Commissie

Economic analysis in the Phase 2 review of the €10 billion acquisition, followed by guidance on remedy implementation.
Merger control
2022

Shell & TotalEnergies/Aramis CCS - ACM

Expert report in the ACM review of the collaboration in the Aramis carbon capture and storage project.
Antitrust
2020-2022

PKN Orlen/PGNiG - EC & UOKiK

Advising on obtaining merger clearance from the European Commission and the Polish competition authority for the $6 billion acquisition.
Merger Control
2021

VTTI — Damages in the termination of a lease agreement

Calculation of damages suffered by a tank storage operator in connection with a dispute over the early termination of a lease agreement.
Civil Law
selected cases

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

IT

EP Group / IDS

EU

Finco / Klaas de Boer

NL

RTL / SBS

NL

PKN Orlen / PGNiG

EU, PL

HES International / OBA

NL

Liberty Global / Ziggo

EU

Vodafone / Liberty Global JV

EU

Liberty Global / BASE

EU

Car dealerships

BE

Sherwin-Williams / SIC Holding

PL

Other

Market definition and price leadership for specialty chemicals

EU

Vertical agreements with regard to online pricing of televisions

NL

Green collaboration agreement for carbon capture and storage project Aramis

NL

MEOP review for the Dutch municipality related to financial transactions involved local soccer club

NL
selected cases

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

Review of report claiming damages for failure to supply assembled bikes during COVID
NL Court

Base chemicals, breach of supply agreement

Quantification of damages under contract manufacturing agreement following disruption of supply
NL Arbitration

Internet access, breach of supply agreement

Quantification of damages following loss of market opportunity due to late supply of inputs
NL Court

Package holidays, breach of non-compete clause

Review of report claiming damages related to impact of other business operated by JV shareholder
NL Court

Bulk liquid storage, breach of extension clause

Quantification of damages related to stranded assets caused by termination of lease agreement
NL
Selected cases

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

EU

Industrial gas: divestiture of business units
around specifig gases

EU

Retail banking: behavioural remedies related to pricing

EU

Energy: divestiture of construction project for new plant

EU

Energy: divestiture of retail business

EU

Coatings: divestiture of decorative coatings business

EU

Publishing: review of suitablity of purchaser

EU

Implementation and advice

NL cable operator: divestiture of film business and behavioural remedies related to IP interconnection and channel agreements

EU

BE media business: FRAND remedy related to content agreements

EU

MVNO access remedies in Austria, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands

All EU

Mobile divestiture remedy in Belgium

EU

Shipping fuel: divestiture of assets

NL
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