Peter D. Camesasca, Ph.D. Advokaat BVBA
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.
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)
First mover FSR representation for a large Asian sovereign wealth fund commencing in mid-2021
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)
Representing the successful complainant in GE/Honeywell, meanwhile the precedent at the origin of present-day economic analysis in EU merger control
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)
Representing Deutsche Telekom in the GBP 1b stand-alone damages claim brought by P4U
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)
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)
