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Winfred Knibbeler

Partner

Antitrust and competition | Antitrust litigation | Energy | Investigations | Media, entertainment and sports | Telecommunications |

Winfred is the number-one competition lawyer in the Netherlands.

Client quote, Chambers Europe 2023 - Competition/EU Law

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Profil Winfred Knibbeler

Winfred is involved in a large number of high-profile cartel and abuse-of-dominance cases and has a substantial litigation practice, at both European and national levels.

He has vast experience representing clients in European and multijurisdictional merger reviews in different sectors.

Winfred is a former chairman of the Dutch association of competition lawyers and regularly speaks and publishes on antitrust topics.

He speaks Dutch, English, French, German and Russian.

Mandate

  • Advising ABN AMRO on EU merger control and state aid procedure before the European Commission
  • Advising RWE/Essent, for over 15 years, on many strategic competition and regulatory matters, including electricity and gas transport tariff regulation, and ownership unbundling
  • Advising Ziggo in litigation against the Dutch government on access to cable networks and cable consolidation
  • Advising UPS on its proposed bid for TNT and the subsequent litigation against the European Commission before the European Court of Justice
  • Advising Blackstone on a number of European merger control cases

Qualifikationen

  • Educated in London and Paris
  • University of Leiden, the Netherlands (civil and European law)