International law firm Simmons & Simmons has appointed Koen Platteau in Brussels to its award-winning EU, Competition & Regulatory practice.
Koen joins the firm on 1 May 2014 from Olswang, with over 20 years' experience in Brussels advising and representing clients before EU institutions, the Belgian Competition Authority and EU and national courts.
Koen advises clients on EU and Belgian competition law matters, with significant experience in merger control, cartel cases and abuse of dominance cases, compliance programmes, competition litigation/arbitration and State aid matters. His broad ranging practice spans the energy, life sciences and TMT sectors.
Koen's appointment adds further strength to Simmons & Simmons' offering in Brussels, where he will focus on the development of the EU, Competition & Regulatory practice.
Dispute Resolution International Practice Group Head, Hans-Hermann Aldenhoff, said: "Ours is a leading EU, Competition & Regulatory practice internationally and we continue to expand our offering in Brussels to clients with targeted, quality appointments. In particular, Koen's appointment will add further scale, not only to our EU, Competition & Regulatory practice, but to our Brussels office as a whole and we are looking forward to him joining this growing team.''
Koen is "praised for his technical expertise" in both Chambers Europe 2013 and Chambers Global 2014 as a notable practitioner in Competition and European Law describing him as knowing "the business and the ins and outs of the problem."
