Johan Ysewyn
Experience and career history
Johan Ysewyn advises on all aspects of EC, international and Belgian antitrust law, including merger control, compliance, cartel and leniency issues and abuse of dominance cases. He has acted for both parties and complainants.
Johan's practice has a strong focus on global and European cartel investigations and he has defended companies from a range of sectors.. Johan has written and lectured extensively on international cartel and leniency-related issues. He co-authors the loose-leaf European Cartel Digest and lectures on cartel law and economics at the Brussels School of Competition.
Over the last three years, he has also been very active in the state aid area advising a number of leading banks and governments. He has notably been involved in the KBC, Dexia, Arco and Citadele state aid cases.
Johan speaks regularly at conferences such as GCR, IBC, IBA, Chatham House and industry events and has written for numerous legal publications and is recognised as a leading competition lawyer by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and other leading industry guides. Johan has also acted as a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network (ICN).
Ghent University, Law 1985
Admitted as an Avocat to the Brussels bar 1991
Associate, Baker & McKenzie 1991
Associate, Linklaters 1996
Partner, Linklaters 2000
Joined Clifford Chance partner 2011
Speaks Dutch, English and French
Publications
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Belgium
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Antitrust & competition
22 March 2013Client Briefing -
European Union (EU)
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Antitrust & competition
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Dawn raids
20 March 2013Client Briefing -
Belgium
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Investigations
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Antitrust & competition
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Dawn raids
11 March 2013Client Briefing
Client Work
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Antitrust competition litigation
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Belgium
3 January 2013Client Work