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Maurice de
Valois Turk
Economist with over 25 years of experience in economic and financial analysis for legal proceedings. Founder of Linea Clara.
A career at the heart of complex matters
From investment banking through monitoring trustee work to merger control and damages proceedings.
Linea Clara was founded by Maurice de Valois Turk, an economist with over 25 years of experience in designing, preparing, reviewing and rebutting economic and financial analyses for use in legal proceedings.
Maurice has worked on proceedings under competition law: merger control, monitoring trustee and antitrust. In addition, administrative law in the form of sector regulation and market reviews, and civil law in the areas of valuation and damages.
He began his career in corporate finance, with a focus on investment banking and M&A. Early on, his interest shifted from classic acquisition work to valuation, and later to monitoring trustee mandates and merger control, fields where analytical precision and strategic insight come together. That combination has continues to captivate him: the energy of complex engagements, the breadth of collaboration, and the pressure of reaching clear and defensible conclusions within tight timeframes.
After years at PwC, KPN, Duff & Phelps and Liberty Global, Maurice became a partner at Oxera, where he led the Amsterdam office and co-headed the Mergers practice. With Linea Clara, he continues that expertise as an independent practice, closer to the client, with direct senior involvement in every matter.
Linea Clara
Linea Clara, ‘clear line’, refers to the graphic style associated with artists such as Hergé (Georges Remi), Joost Swarte and Eric Coolen, characterised by clear contours, precision and the absence of ambiguity. All three artists are connected to cities at the heart of Linea Clara’s story: Brussels, where much of Maurice de Valois Turk’s career has unfolded, and Haarlem, where he lives and works.
Maurice has a small collection of Tintin exhibition posters in his home office and a cherished Tintin and Snowy statuette by Leblon Delienne, a gift from his wife. He associates Hergé with Brussels, the city where much of his career has taken place, and Joost Swarte and Eric Coolen with Haarlem, where he lives.
The name refers not only to an aesthetic preference, but also to a professional principle: every analysis must be unambiguous, every argument traceable, every conclusion defensible. Clarity is not a matter of style. It is the foundation of sound economic analysis in a legal context.
Added to that is a dose of Dutch directness. No detours, no unnecessary qualifications. A report that avoids clear conclusions misses its purpose in a legal context. Clarity is not a matter of style. It is the core of the work.
