Reshmi Rampersad

As an associate in our Competition & EU Law and Regulatory Groups in The Hague, I am specialised in competition law and sector-specific regulation.

I work with a variety of clients in various sectors, representing and advising them on matters related to distribution systems, cooperation agreements and merger control. Furthermore I assist companies in obtaining approval for mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures from the Dutch Healthcare Authority and the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM).

I have experience in representing and advising clients in enforcement proceedings with the ACM and judicial proceedings before courts. In this respect clients benefit from my regulatory background, working as legal officer for the ACM.

My strongest asset is my creativity in solving legal issues and providing clients with practical and concrete advice, while keeping focus on the interest of my client and sectoral knowledge.

I have been admitted to the Dutch Bar in August 2019 and started my career as lawyer at a competition law firm in Amsterdam. Before then, I worked several years as legal officer at the ACM during which I was also seconded at the Fair Trade Authority in Curaçao.

During my studies of European Law and Criminal law, I developed a strong interest in punitive sanctions (such as competition law). My combined master thesis - maintaining a balance between judicial cooperation and fundamental rights protection within the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice - was awarded as 'top thesis' by the Nederlands Juristenblad.

• Representing a client in an appeal procedure before the District Court of Rotterdam against a fine imposed by the ACM for an alleged infringement of consumer rules;
• Representing a client in an appeal procedure before the Amsterdam Court of Appeal on a request for a preliminary witness examination regarding an alleged cartel in the real estate sector;
• Representing a client in an appeal procedure at the European Court of Justice on the rejection by the European Commission of a complaint about unlawful State aid in the financial sector;
• Supervising investigations by the ACM into compliance with consumer rules and drafting request for commitments;
• Representing a client before the highest administrative court (CBb) regarding a decision of the ACM for an alleged infringement of consumer rules;
• Supervising acquisitions in the accountancy sector, logistics sector fibre industry;
• Supervising mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare sector.