Meet Beatrijs Gielen

Telephone:

+32 2 426 14 14

Email:

beatrijs.gielen@altius.com

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Beatrijs advises domestic and multinational clients across various sectors on all aspects of Belgian and EU competition law.

Her expertise includes cartel investigations, distribution agreements, abuse of dominance, and State aid matters. Beatrijs represents clients before the Belgian and European competition authorities and courts, and has experience with damages claims arising from competition law infringements.

Beatrijs assists clients in establishing compliance programmes and delivering training. In merger control, she supports clients with obtaining clearance from the Belgian Competition Authority and the European Commission, as well as coordinating filings in multiple jurisdictions.

She also advises on market practices and consumer law, including drafting and reviewing contractual clauses and commercial agreements.

Beatrijs has a particular focus on the life sciences and healthcare sectors.

She is a member of the Harvard Club of Belgium and several professional organisations, including Etion and VSMR (Association for the Study of Competition Law).

Since 2010, Beatrijs has been admitted to the New York Bar.

Education

• LL.M. (Harvard Law School)
• Master of Laws (University of Leuven – KU Leuven)

Languages

• Beatrijs is fluent in Dutch, French and English

Selection of publications

• “Wanneer lobbypraktijken restrictieve praktijken worden – Noot onder Hof van Beroep Brussel, 30 juni 2016, Holcim e.a. tegen Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit”, TBM / RCB 2017/2
• “Het Belgacom-arrest van het Hof van Cassatie – Een brug tussen de oude en de nieuwe Belgische mededingingswetgeving op het vlak van volle rechtsmacht”, TBM / RCB 2014/3, 241
• “Het finale Honda-arrest van Cassatie: volle rechtsmacht, hervormingsbevoegdheid en marginale rechterlijke toetsing – Noot onder Hof van Cassatie 3 juni 2011”, TBM / RCB 2012/1, 19. (with D. Gerard)
• “Damages Actions in Belgium for Competition Law Violation”, in Liber Amicorum Hubert Bocken, die Keure, 2009, 131. (with D. Vandermeersch)

What our clients say about Beatrijs

‘Carmen Verdonck and Beatrijs Gielen are both very efficient and easy to reach, pragmatic solutions, always friendly deep knowledge of Belgian competition law.’ – Legal 500 EMEA, 2025

‘Carmen Verdonk and Beatrijs Gielen are both very responsive and know their stuff. They have been involved in some of the most ground breaking cases year on year.’ – Legal 500 EMEA, 2025

‘Carmen Verdonck as partner and Beatrijs Gielen as counsel are both great to work with, efficient, fast, knowledgeable, and pragmatic’ – Legal 500 EMEA, 2025

‘Beatrijs Gielen is very approachable and works quickly. She clearly knows her stuff.’ – Legal 500 EMEA, 2024

“We worked with Carmen Verdonck and Beatrijs Gielen. Both very professional, very knowledgeable, very responsive and to the point.” – Legal 500 EMEA, 2024