Tom Verdonk

Tom specialises in EU and competition law. He advises on a broad range of competition law matters, including abuse of dominance, IP-related issues, distribution, and merger control cases.

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Tom Verdonk

Junior Associate Amsterdam

Tom specialises in EU and competition law. He advises on a broad range of competition law matters, including abuse of dominance, IP-related issues, distribution, and merger control cases.

Tom Verdonk

Junior Associate Amsterdam

Before joining Stibbe, Tom worked as a doctoral researcher and teaching assistant at KU Leuven’s Consumer Competition Market research institute. His Ph.D. research focuses on the interaction between intellectual property rights and competition law in the seed and agricultural biotechnology industries.

Tom holds a master’s degree in Law and Economics (cum laude) from Utrecht University. He also obtained a Master of Laws degree from Harvard University, where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar, a Harvard Law School Gammon Fellow, and a Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds grantee.

Languages: Dutch, English
Admitted to the Amsterdam Bar: 2023
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From Farm to Fairness: Unpacking the Dutch Unfair Trading Practices Act for the Agri-Food Supply Chain

Since 2021, Dutch rules against unfair trading practices, which implemented an EU Directive, apply to business-to-business relationships in agri-food supply chains. Enforcement by the ACM, initially slow, is now intensifying.

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ECJ calls the shots: CK Telecoms ruling sent back to General Court

The ECJ overruled the General Court in its CK Telecoms ruling, taking the strict requirements that the GC placed on the Commission when reviewing mergers off the table. This will make it easier for competition authorities to intervene in merger cases.

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