Prof. Dr Damien Geradin

University of Tilburg, Euclid Law, Professor, Partner

Damien Geradin is a partner in the Brussels office of Euclid Law. Before joining Euclid, Damien was a partner in the Brussels office of Covington & Burling LLP.

Damien has assisted clients in many high-stake European Commission investigations, including some of the most complex abuse of dominance cases with a focus on the tech, media and telecommunications sectors. Damien has also developed expertise on the application of competition rules to the licensing of standard-essential patents (SEPs), and he is a member of the Commission Expert Group on SEP licensing and valuation. According to Chambers Global, Mr. Geradin “is well known for his writing”, with commentators describing him as “one of the best antitrust theoreticians around”. Damien was also recognised by Who’s Who Legal 2018 as a Competition expert.

Damien is a also Professor of competition law and economics at Tilburg University and a visiting Professor at University College London. Over the years, he has held visiting Professorships at leading US law schools including Columbia, Harvard, Michigan and Yale. He was also a visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, for 15 years. He is the author / editor of 20 books and over 125 law review articles in the areas of competition law and economic regulation. His work has been cited by the EU courts, the U.S. Supreme courts and numerous courts across the world.