Pascal Berghe

Member of the Legal Service (Competition Team) at European Commission

Speaker

Pascal Berghe is a Member of the Commission’s Legal Service (Competition Team). In his current position, Mr. Berghe is advising the Commission in connection to competition proceedings (cartels, abuses of dominant position and merger control) and has acted on behalf of the Commission before the EU Courts in competition law related cases, both in direct actions and preliminary reference cases. Prior to joining the Commission in 2019, Mr. Berghe practised for close to ten years in the Brussels office of international law firms, first with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and then with White & Case LLP, specialising in all aspects of EU competition law. He also served as a référendaire to Judge Forrester KC at the General Court of the European Union. In terms of academic background, Mr. Berghe graduated from the University of Liège and he holds an LL.M. in European Law from the College of Europe as well as an LL.M. in Trade Regulation from New York University School of Law. He was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of European Competition Law & Practice for several years and has published a number of articles in the field of EU competition law.