Profile: Damien Geradin

Competition

Biography: Competition

Damien Geradin is a partner in Howrey's Brussels office. Mr Geradin brings to Howrey a distinguished academic career in antitrust and competition law and extensive experience on the interface between competition and intellectual property, as well as the regulation of network industries. He is also a professor of Law at the Tilburg Law and Economics Center and the College of Europe in Bruges where he instructs and researches in the areas of antitrust, network industries and economic regulation in general.

Mr Geradin is also director of the Global Competition Law Centre (GCLC), a think tank devoted to analytical research in the area of competition law, which is based at the College of Europe in Bruges. Mr Geradin advises firms, governments and regulatory agencies in a range of industries, including telecommunications, postal services, energy, and transport. He has also developed specific expertise in the area of standardisation and IP licensing.

Over the years, Mr Geradin has held visiting professorships at leading US law schools including Columbia, Harvard and Yale. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Competition Law and Economics (Oxford University Press). He has also published a number of books and articles on competition-related topics and is a frequent conference speaker.