Stijn joins from the UK competition authority, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), where he was Legal Director. Before joining Geradin Partners, Stijn built up extensive experience leading complex antitrust and merger investigations.
Stijn’s hire follows the hire of Tom Smith from the CMA in May this year, and the launch of the London office.
Stijn is Dutch-qualified and fluent in Dutch and, prior to joining the CMA eight years ago, advised clients in relation to Dutch and EU-related issues at a leading international law firm.
Stijn will be able to work across EU and UK matters and will therefore focus both on London-based work and on supporting the firm’s successful Brussels office.
Founding partner, Damien Geradin said: “Stijn is a top-notch competition lawyer with invaluable experience of leading the most complex competition cases. We are absolutely thrilled to welcome him to our quickly expanding firm. We now boast more former CMA directors than any other London firm.”
Stijn Huijts said: “This is an exciting time to join Geradin Partners, a key player in complex competition matters with the ability to offer tailor-made solutions for our clients across the EU and United Kingdom. I also look forward to representing the firm’s clients in the Netherlands, the number one jurisdiction for private actions post-Brexit with an increasingly active competition authority.”
