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Maarten Groot

Associate
Amsterdam
About

Maarten Groot focuses on EU and trade law in a broad sense. He advises both local and global clients on cases involving EU and Dutch competition law, state aid, market regulation (enforcement and supervision), public procurement, civil-law enforcement, sanctions and export controls. 

Maarten has a particularly strong experience with merger notifications, but also advises client in relation to competition investigations and license application procedures under EU sanctions laws and regulations.

Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsRegulatory and Government Affairs
Professional QualificationsAdvocaat admitted with the Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten

EXPERIENCE

  • Merger control: advice and coordinating national and multinational merger filings; advice on information exchange in due diligence, clean teams etc. 
  • Antitrust: advice on the assessment of commercial agreements, including cooperation agreements and joint ventures, under competition law; advice on the cartel prohibition and abuse of dominance.
  • Investigations: advising clients on national and multinational internal investigations on competition matters. 
  • Dawn raids: advising clients on unannounced inspections by competition authorities.

Selected key experience

  • Notification of the acquisition of a logistic supply chain company, by a large Benelux private equity investor to the Dutch and German competition authority and obtaining unconditional clearance
  • Notification of the acquisition by one of the largest producers of infant formula and milk powder globally of a Dutch goat cheese producer with extensive buyer power to the Dutch competition authority and obtaining unconditional clearance.
  • Notification of the acquisition by a large customer management process outsourcing service provider producers of a division of one of the largest online travel agencies globally to the UK and Dutch competition authority and obtaining unconditional clearance. 
Languages
  • English
  • Dutch
Education
  • LL.M., Competition Law, King's College London 2017
  • LL.M., Corporate Law, Leiden University 2016
  • LL.M., Chinese Law, Peking University 2015

Publications

  • Antitrust Matters – August 2023 – Competition and Sustainability, 31 July 2023
  • Het kartelverbod en duurzaamheid: een beknopt vergelijkend overzicht, Markt & Mededinging, August 2023
  • EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation – Bijkomende verplichtingen voor bedrijven bij fusies, overnames en openbare aanbestedingen, Bedrijfsjuridische berichten, June 2023
  • De Digital Markets Act, Bedrijfsjuridische berichten, June 2022
  • ACM boetes bestendigen strenge toepassing van het kartelverbod, Bedrijfsjuridische berichten, November 2021
  • HvJ-zaak C-132/19P (Canal+): over toezeggingsbesluiten en het evenredigheidsbeginsel, Markt & Mededinging, June 2021
  • De zaak sigarettenfabrikanten: eerste ACM kartelboete voor indirecte informatie-uitwisseling, Bedrijfsjuridische berichten, February 2021

Seminars

  • Competition law in the Labour market, 26 September 2023
  • Webinar FSR and FDI regulation, 6 June 2023
  • Seminar Developments and trends in EU and Dutch competition law, 14 March 2023

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member of the Dutch competition law association (Vereniging voor Mededingingsrecht)

My latest insights

Past event

Competition law in the Labour market

26 September 2023 .2 minute read

Publication
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Antitrust Matters – August 2023 – Competition and Sustainability

31 July 2023 .4 minute read

Publication

Antitrust Matters - Special edition

17 December 2020 .2 minute read

Connect

Phone

+31 (0) 20 5419 307
(Work, Amsterdam)
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