Kathleen Dierckx

Belgium, Brussels

Associate General Counsel for Antitrust, Strategic Affairs and Competition Policy at Solvay

Profession: In-House Counsel, Lawyer

Industry: Competition, Chemicals

About:

Deputy GC Antitrust, M&A and Regulatory – Head of Competition Law Department at Solvay from 2008. Kathleen embarked on a career focusing on EU competition law in late 1990s. After traineeship at DG COMP, she practiced competition law at Dechert LLP for eight years. In 2006, joined a multinational utility company Suez (now Engie) where she advised on merger with GDF. She holds law degrees from University of Leuven & Namur, Università della Sapienza, and LLM from University of Edinburgh.

languages

English, French, Dutch, Italian

Experience:

Solvay

Associate General Counsel for Antitrust, Strategic Affairs and Competition Policy at Solvay

September 2008 - Present • brussels, Belgium

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