Peter D. Camesasca, Ph.D. Advokaat BVBA

Competition LawEU - National

Peter D. Camesasca, Ph.D., is a seasoned, multi-faceted competition lawyer with 27 years of experience in all major aspects of EU competition law. He has a strong business development track record with a leveraged client base and is a routined cross-practice and cross-office team player, working in law firms as well as with clients' in-house teams. Peter is highly experienced working in and with different cultures (Asia, Europe, U.S.) and has a particular focus on in- and outbound aspects of the Asia/Europe interface.

Peter’s work experience includes cases under Articles 101, 102 and 106 TFEU, national and multijurisdictional merger and joint venture notifications (including FDI and Foreign Subsidies Regulation / FSR assessments / DMA Digital Markets Act), investigations by multiple enforcement authorities and global antitrust litigation and monopolization issues (including Digital Markets Act / DMA and IP cross-over issues). In addition, he advises and litigates on horizontal and vertical cooperation issues, prepares and executes various compliance and dawn raid programs and participates in the installation of in-house training programs.

Peter has acted before the European Commission, the European courts, the German Bundeskartellamt, the UK Office of Fair Trading and the Competition and Markets Authority, the Belgian Competition Council, and various national courts.

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Practices
Cartels and Damages
Cartels and
Damages
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Foreign Direct Investments
FDI / FSR
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DMA – Digital Markets Act
DMA
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Standard Essential Patents
SEP
Standard Essential Patents
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Industries
Automotive
Automotive
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Energy
Energy
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Technology
IT/Tech
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Maritime
Transport
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Core information
  • German national (DOB July 20, 1972), grew up in Belgium, Belgium qualified lawyer (studies in Antwerp, with stations in Leuven, Mannheim, Hannover), Law & Economics Ph.D. (awarded by Rotterdam, with stations in Hamburg, Cambridge, Florence, New York);
  • Languages: Dutch / Flemish, English, French, German;
  • Seasoned competition lawyer (27 years of experience); behavioral focus (EU law as well as Germany, UK); previous firms: Linklaters & Alliance, Howrey, Covington; includes 2 years as special counsel to Samsung (during Smart Phone Wars);
  • At Covington: Asia liaison for the firm’s management; Co-chair of the firm’s global (ex-US) FDI Initiative; set-up of the firm’s Germany office; serving on the firm’s Business Committee;
  • Key clients acquired (originated / portable) stem from Europe / Asia, including Samsung (20 years), SK (12 years), Lotte (6 years); Volkswagen / ACEA (automotive; 3 years); Deutsche Telekom (3 years); PETRONAS (5 years); WLD / CTS (maritime; 20 years);
  • Deep Asia network (Japan, Korea, Singapore, plus India), deep FDI network, 20 years working in a U.S. environment; comfortable working in and with different cultures;
  • Regular speaker, author (from academic to daily press & blogging);
  • Average last 3 years performance: over 3300 hours p.a. (50/50 billable/BD-Admin-Mgt), billings from portable clients ca. USD 5.5/6m annually (ca. 50% of total billable work).
Practices:
  • Cartels and Damages
  • FDI Foreign Direct Investments
  • FSR Foreign Subsidies Regulation
  • DMA Digital Markets Act
  • SEP Standard Essential Patents
Industries:
  • Automotive
  • Energy
  • IT/Tech
  • Transport

Work highlights

SEPs, IT/Tech, Automotive:

Representing Samsung during the Smart Phone Wars across EU / Europe regarding Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), leading to a path-breaking settlement (no finding of infringement) ahead of Huawei/ZTE. Subsequently, representing Volkswagen and the wider automotive industry in the ramp up to 5G licensing (Horizontal Guidelines, SEPs Framework Regulation, TTBER, plus German / EU implementation measures surrounding LNGs, etc)

Transactional / FSR:

First mover FSR representation for a large Asian sovereign wealth fund commencing in mid-2021

Transactional / FDI:

Building up Covington’s FDI Initiative in close conjunction with the firm’s CFIUS practice (starting in 2019, today covering a globally tried & tested network of partner firms, and an emerging referral workstream)

Transactional:

Representing the successful complainant in GE/Honeywell, meanwhile the precedent at the origin of present-day economic analysis in EU merger control

Cartels & Damages:

Representing Samsung in about a dozen cartel investigations including DRAM (first EU settlement) and TFT-LCD (extra-territorial reach of EU law), from regulatory start (typically at EU level) to civil damages / contributions finish (typically UK, also close shaves in Germany and the Netherlands)

Cartels & Damages:

Representing Deutsche Telekom in the GBP 1b stand-alone damages claim brought by P4U

All-Round European Advisory (Asia Inbound):

Developing the European regulatory positioning for key Korean clients (including, most recently, DMA strategies, FSR preparations, also ESG, Green Deal, Chips Act, various subsidies, as well as down-to-earth basics alike distribution matters, labor law questions), assisting set-up compliance team PETRONAS, regular transactional / multi-j filings (merger control, FDI, FSR)

Maritime / Infrastructure:

Representing the maritime industry during the transition from the closed framework of the Conference BER and Consortia BER to a competitive standard as in place today, including various investigations into ports and container shipping (up until the Box Club probe), restructurings and the present-day trade association / data gathering platform (WLD / CTS)

Clients have the floor
“Peter Camesasca is a rare lawyer who is seamlessly able to conduct competition litigation across multiple jurisdictions with equal brilliance.”

[Legal 500 / 2023]

"Peter Camesasca is a truly global litigation lawyer"

[Chambers / 2023]

“Peter Camesasca is one of the most impressive lawyers working the London and Brussels markets. A lawyer of astonishing versatility, as much at home in a major cartel investigation as he is in complex international damages litigation. Wonderful strategist.”

[Chambers / 2023]

“Peter Camesasca is the fulcrum of the practice. He is an extraordinarily versatile lawyer with profound tactical and strategic senses. What impresses me most is how we can simultaneously conduct large-scale competition litigation across multiple jurisdictions on behalf of major clients. This really allows proper joined-up thinking, to the client’s benefit. He is really one of the leading lights in Brussels.”

[Legal 500 / 2022]

“I can think of no better person for managing complex, multi-jurisdictional competition litigation. He is at home litigating in England, the United States, Luxembourg. I can’t think of any other competition lawyer doing this.”

[Legal 500 / 2022]

“Peter Camesasca is an astonishing lawyer who is as at home in complex mergers or cartels as he is managing multi-jurisdictional litigation.”

[Legal 500 / 2021]

“Several sources refer to his experience in Korea and note him as one of the "first-choice competition lawyers to clients in Korea."

[Chambers / 2018]

“One source says "his responsiveness is second to none and he offers succinct advice" he also draws praise for his "strategic overview in worldwide cartel litigation."

[Chambers / 2017]

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