People
Pieter Huizing
Biography
Pieter specialises in competition law and regulatory affairs.
He regularly represents clients in proceedings before competition and regulatory authorities and courts. Pieter has extensive experience in merger control proceedings, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, private litigation, general competition guidance and compliance.
Pieter has specific expertise in competition law and regulation in the aviation sector. He advises clients on aviation regulatory matters such as ownership restrictions, slots, airport tariffs and access conditions, distribution and passenger rights. He also regularly acts for airlines and other aviation companies in merger control and antitrust proceedings.
Pieter has a PhD in competition law and regularly publishes in Dutch and international journals. He is a guest lecturer at Nyenrode University and Leiden University.
Practice areas
- Antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Disputes
Sectors
- Aviation
- Defense
Selected experience
- KLM and Delta in the successful court challenge against the proposed capacity reduction at Schiphol airport.
- Virgin Atlantic on the aviation regulatory and antitrust aspects of its Covid-19 restructuring.
- Several airlines on obtaining Covid-19 state aid support.
- CityJet in obtaining merger clearance for its merger with Air Nostrum.
- Various airline clients on the competition law assessment of proposed M&A transactions.
- TNT in obtaining merger clearance for its acquisition by FedEx.
- Several airline clients on the implications of proposed equity transactions on EU and national ownership & control requirements.
- Various airlines (including KLM, Transavia, others) on passenger rights under EU Regulation 261/2004 and related enforcement actions.
- A major international airline on EU and national slot regulations, the structuring of slot transactions and the interaction with the national regulator.
- KLM in the successful court challenge of a policy rule by the Dutch slot coordinator.
Education
- LLM International Economic and Business Law, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
- LLM International Law, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
- MA International Relations, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
- Postgraduate diploma in EU Competition Law, King's College London
- PhD in competition law, Leiden University
Admissions
- Admitted as advocaat, Netherlands, 2011
- Listed in the register of legal practice areas of the Dutch Bar Association for Mededingingsrecht