Tone Oeyen

Partner at Freshfields

Speaker

Tone is a trusted adviser on European and Belgian competition law. He guides clients through the complexities of cross-border merger control and antitrust investigations. Tone’s expertise empowers businesses to navigate regulatory landscapes with confidence and achieve competitive advantages in international markets.

Tone advises on all areas of competition law (merger control, cartels, abuse of dominance and state aid) as well as on general EU, international trade law and foreign investment laws, helping clients to protect themselves from financial and reputational risk. His practice is both Belgian and global, appearing often in front of the Belgian Competition Authority, the European Commission, as well as other major competition authorities as well as the Belgian and European courts.

Whilst he has advised clients in a broad range of industries, he has built up particular expertise in relation to life sciences, consumer goods, digital markets and telecoms.

Tone has extensive experience advising clients in the context of complex merger proceedings before the European Commission and other global authorities, often involving the negotiation of remedies.