Biography

Ivo Van Bael

Position

Partner

Education

University of Louvain - Law Degree 1961
Ivo Van Bael also studied at the University of Bologna Law School, at the Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University, and at the University of Michigan Law School, where he received a degree of Master in Comparative Law.

Bar Admission

Member of the Brussels Bar

Professional Focus

Ivo Van Bael started to practice law in a Wall Street firm in New York in 1963 and later worked in its offices in Paris and Brussels.

His main areas of practice are EC competition/antitrust law and EC and WTO trade law. He has been involved in a large number of the most significant competition cases over many years.

Ivo Van Bael has been active in both the American Bar Association (ABA) and the International Bar Association (IBA). From 1987 to 1989, he was the Chairman of the Antitrust and Trade Law Committee of the IBA's Section on Business Law.

Ivo Van Bael speaks English, Dutch, French and Italian.

Publications

He has written several books and numerous articles in the field of competition and trade law.

Recommendations

• Recommended for competition in the Expert Guides Best of the Best top competition lawyers worldwide.
• Recommended in the Expert Guide to the World's Leading Trade and Customs Lawyers.
• Recommended for competition law in The International Who's Who.
• Recommended by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe for Competition law.