Isabelle is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Team and is the managing partner of the Brussels office.
Isabelle has substantial experience in the application of the EU competition rules and counsels clients active in a wide range of sectors on antitrust risk and business compliance issues. She provides strategic advice regarding merger control, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, assisting clients in EU, Member State and foreign proceedings. She also regularly counsels clients in relation to their pricing strategies and commercial ventures including distribution, licensing and joint ventures.
Isabelle has been consistently recommended for over 15 years as an expert in EU competition law matters by Chambers Europe and Chambers Global, in particular for her business-minded and practical approach to finding legal solutions for clients. Chambers Global 2021 reports that Isabelle is "praised by one client for being very practical and able to translate the theory into something we can apply to the business." In Chambers Global 2020, Isabelle was described by clients as "business-savvy, effective and solution-oriented" and able to "find the right balance between being cautious versus being pragmatic and business-oriented". She has also been recognised as being 'responsive' as well as 'able to give advice that suits the situation'. Isabelle is 'valued by clients' for 'making very complicated law seem very simple' and clients describe her as 'precise, to-the-point, focused and also very creative'. She has also been recommended by European Legal Experts, Practical Law Company (PLC) and The Legal 500 EMEA, which noted that 'Isabelle is an excellent adviser and easy to understand'.
