Tom Verdonk

Tom specialises in EU and competition law. He advises on a broad range of competition law matters, including abuse of dominance, IP-related issues, distribution, and merger control cases.

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Tom Verdonk

Junior Associate Amsterdam

Tom specialises in EU and competition law. He advises on a broad range of competition law matters, including abuse of dominance, IP-related issues, distribution, and merger control cases.

Tom Verdonk

Junior Associate Amsterdam

Before joining Stibbe, Tom worked as a doctoral researcher and teaching assistant at KU Leuven’s Consumer Competition Market research institute. His Ph.D. research focuses on the interaction between intellectual property rights and competition law in the seed and agricultural biotechnology industries.

Tom holds a master’s degree in Law and Economics (cum laude) from Utrecht University. He also obtained a Master of Laws degree from Harvard University, where he studied as a Fulbright Scholar, a Harvard Law School Gammon Fellow, and a Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds grantee.

Languages: Dutch, English
Admitted to the Amsterdam Bar: 2023
High street shoppers Amsterdam
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Oneerlijk handelspraktijken: misleiding en agressie op het internet

Tom Verdonk en Robin Tess Bolland duiken in de wereld van oneerlijke handelspraktijken in de digitale context. Ze bespreken o.a. de verschillende vormen van oneerlijke handelspraktijken en hoe hierop gehandhaafd wordt door toezichthouders.

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NL Law
EU Law

Tom Verdonk co-edited ‘Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain’

Tom Verdonk has co-edited the book ‘Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain’, recently published by Larcier-Intersentia.

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NL Law

Game over for dark patterns? ACM fines Epic for unfairly targeting children

The ACM has fined Epic Games for exploiting children’s psychological vulnerabilities, marking a key moment for Dutch consumer law enforcement. Our briefing examines the broader implications for consumer-facing businesses, especially those in online sales.

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NL Law
EU Law

From Farm to Fairness: Unpacking the Dutch Unfair Trading Practices Act for the Agri-Food Supply Chain

Since 2021, Dutch rules against unfair trading practices, which implemented an EU Directive, apply to business-to-business relationships in agri-food supply chains. Enforcement by the ACM, initially slow, is now intensifying.

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