Experience

Professional Experience

TWO DECADES IN BUSINESS AND COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT IN EUROPE AND THE US

ENFORCEMENT

  • Novel antitrust and state aid cases in the digital media sector
  • E-Commerce Sector Inquiry
  • Theory of harm coordination in the European Competition Network
European Commission, Directorate General for Competition
Case Handler/Policy Officer
Brussels (2010-2016)
  • High profile mergers, antitrust class actions, and vertical retail distribution cases
  • Coordination with the US Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and other state Attorney Generals
Antitrust Bureau,
Illinois Attorney General
Assistant Attorney General
Chicago (2002-2005)

BUSINESS

  • Communications strategies targeting EU and national regulators and policy-makers, international and national media correspondents, consumer and industry groups, think tanks, academics and non-governmental organizations
  • Strategic advice in competition enforcement
Burson, Cohn & Wolfe (BCW)
Director, Competition & Tech
Brussels (2017-2019)
  • Licenses for intellectual property generated by big data & analytics
  • Advice for senior management
  • Litigation management
  • Commercial agreements, M&A
The Nielsen Company
Chief Counsel, Advisory Services & Litigation Management
Chicago (2005-2008)
Outside Counsel
Paris (2008-2010)
  • Licenses for intellectual property generated by big data & analytics
  • Advice for senior management
  • Litigation management
  • Commercial agreements, M&A
The Nielsen Company
Associate Regional Counsel, Americas
Chicago (1998-2001)
  • Document production in private antitrust litigation on client premises (The Nielsen Company), including management of twenty lawyers and paralegals
  • Interviews of client’s senior managers
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison
Staff Attorney, Antitrust Litigation
New York City (1997-1998)

TWO DECADES IN BUSINESS AND COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT IN EUROPE AND THE US

BUSINESS

ENFORCEMENT

  • Communications strategies targeting EU and national regulators and policy-makers, international and national media correspondents, consumer and industry groups, think tanks, academics and non-governmental organizations
  • Strategic advice in competition enforcement
Burson, Cohn & Wolfe (BCW)
Director, Competition & Tech
Brussels (2017-2019)
  • Novel antitrust and state aid cases in the digital media sector
  • E-Commerce Sector Inquiry
  • Theory of harm coordination in the European Competition Network
European Commission, Directorate General for Competition
Case Handler/Policy Officer
Brussels (2010-2016)
  • Licenses for intellectual property generated by big data & analytics
  • Advice for senior management
  • Litigation management
  • Commercial agreements, M&A
The Nielsen Company
Chief Counsel, Advisory Services & Litigation Management
Chicago (2005-2008)
Outside Counsel
Paris (2008-2010)
  • High profile mergers, antitrust class actions, and vertical retail distribution cases
  • Coordination with the US Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, and other state Attorney Generals
Antitrust Bureau,
Illinois Attorney General
Assistant Attorney General
Chicago (2002-2005)
  • Licenses for intellectual property generated by big data & analytics
  • Advice for senior management
  • Litigation management
  • Commercial agreements, M&A
The Nielsen Company
Associate Regional Counsel, Americas
Chicago (1998-2001)
  • Document production in private antitrust litigation on client premises (The Nielsen Company), including management of twenty lawyers and paralegals
  • Interviews of client’s senior managers
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison
Staff Attorney, Antitrust Litigation
New York City (1997-1998)