Steven Verschuur
Partner, Head of EU law, Belgium / The Netherlands
Steven Verschuur heads up our EU law practice in Brussels. He is a leading expert in state aid, competition, merger control and trade.
Steven has extensive experience in proceedings and investigations before the European Commission and the national competition authorities of Belgium and the Netherlands. He has litigated a large number of cases in the Court of Justice of the EU and domestic courts, and is also a specialist across several of Osborne Clarke's key international sectors including retail and consumer, life science and healthcare and energy and utilities.
Steven joined OC in 2019 from the Brussels office of an international legal practice. He is admitted in Brussels and Amsterdam and works both with the Belgian and Dutch offices of Osborne Clarke.
Steven has a DEA in European Law from the University of Liège and a doctorate from the University of Utrecht.
Work
Various multinationals
Representing various multinationals before the European Commission in its recent State aid investigations into tax rulings and the subsequent appeal proceedings before the General Court
Multinational client
Representing a multinational client in follow-on cartel damage claims
Representing multinational and domestic clients
Representing multinational and domestic clients in merger control proceedings before the European Commission and the Belgian and Dutch competition authorities
Multinationals and domestic clients
Representing multinationals and domestic clients in cartel investigations before the European Commission and the Belgian and Dutch competition authorities
Various multinationals
Representing various multinationals before national courts in domestic litigation on anti-dumping issues
Various clients
Advising various clients on EU restrictive measures (sanctions)
Expertise
Transformation
Insights
Decarbonisation
The European Green Deal is the EU's flagship policy designed to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, safeguard...
06/09/2021
Competition, antitrust and trade
Investors from third countries, such as China, the United Kingdom or the United States, that benefit from government support in...
01/06/2021
Competition, antitrust and trade
The alleged access of a Chinese retailer to sensitive and secured zones of Liège Airport – the ninth largest logistic...
11/05/2021
Read time
6m
Competition, antitrust and trade
The European Commission has approved the Stimulering Duurzame Energieproductie ("SDE ++") €30 billion scheme. The scheme will support a number...
18/12/2020
Read time
2m
Coronavirus / COVID-19 – Competition and State aid
The European Commission has amended the Temporary framework for State aid for a third time, with the changes as of...
08/07/2020
Regulatory and compliance
The European Commission has amended the Temporary framework for State aid for a second time, with the changes as of...
26/05/2020
Coronavirus COVID-19
On 8 April 2020, the European Commission published a communication on a Temporary Framework intended to give guidance to companies...
15/04/2020
Coronavirus COVID-19
On the basis of principles developed in the context of the financial and banking crisis in 2008, the European Commission...
06/04/2020
Coronavirus COVID-19
Disruption to trading, workforces, and supply chains present a range of legal challenges for businesses, while governments are looking to...
01/04/2020
Read time
5m
Coronavirus COVID-19
Although the competition authorities cannot operate with their usual staffing levels or effectiveness at the moment, they have warned that...
26/03/2020
