Meet Gaétan Roelants

Telephone:
+32 2 426 14 14
Email:
gaetan.roelants@altius.com

Gaetan advises clients on all aspects of Belgian and European competition law, including cartels, abuses of a dominant position, merger control, and state aid. He has developed strong expertise in state aid.

Prior to joining Altius, Gaetan was a Bluebook trainee at the European Commission (DG COMP) and worked as an associate for two years at an international law firm in Brussels.

Education
  • LL.M. (Maastricht University)
  • Master of Laws (University of Brussels – ULB)
Languages
  • Gaétan is fluent in Dutch, French and English
Selection of publications
  • « Annotation of the Court of Justice of the European Union (First Chamber) of 5 September 2024 in Case C-447/22 P – Petra Flašker », European State Aid Law Quarterly [2024], Volume 23.
  • « Petra Flašker and the Notion of Doubts in the Context of Preliminary Investigations of Both New and Existing Measures », European State Aid Law Quarterly [2023], Volume 22.
  • « The Principles for Recovery: SMI and the Importance of a Meticulous Assessment of State interventions by the Granting authorities and the Commission », Milestones in State Aid Case Law [2022], 2nd edition.