Simon Vande Walle

Publications

Journal Articles, Books and Book Chapters

• Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in Belgium and the Netherlands – Is There a Race to Attract Antitrust Damages Actions?, in Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law - The Impact of the Damages Directive 118-148 (Pier Luigi Parcu, Giorgio Monti, Marco Botta eds., Edward Elgar, 2018).   [SSRN (full text)]
• Multi-jurisdictioneel concentratietoezicht: bederven veel koks de brij? (Multi-Jurisdictional Merger Control: Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth?), 5/6 Tijdschrift Mededingingsrecht in de Praktijk 62-65 (2016).   [SSRN (full text)]
• (with Tadashi Shiraishi), Competition Law in Japan, in Comparative Competition Law415-442 (Arlen Duke, John Duns, Brendan Sweeney eds., Edward Elgar, 2015).   [SSRN (full text)]
• Predatory Pricing in Japan - The Battle Between Yamato and Japan Post in the Parcel Delivery Market [published as The Japanese courts dismiss a predatory pricing lawsuit brought by Yamato against Japan Post], e-Competitions Bulletin, 8 pp., www.concurrences.com (added August 2015).   [SSRN (full text)]
• What Keeps Plaintiffs away from the Court? An Analysis of Antitrust Litigation in Japan, Europe and the US, in The Changing Role of Law in Japan – Empirical Studies in Culture, Society and Policy Making 209-228 (Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Jeroen Maesschalck, David Nelken & Stephan Parmentier eds., Edward Elgar, 2014).   [SSRN (full text)]
• Private Antitrust Litigation in the European Union and Japan – A Comparative Perspective, 356 pp. (Maklu Publishers, February 2013).
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• Competition and Competition Law in Japan: Between Skepticism And Embrace, in Asian Capitalism and the Regulation of Competition 123-143 (Michael W. Dowdle, John S. Gillespie & Imelda Maher eds., Cambridge University Press, 2013).    [Cambridge]    [SSRN (abstract)]
• The Saitama Saturday Club Case: Political Meddling, Public Opinion and Antitrust Enforcement in Japan at a Turning Point, in Landmark Competition Law Cases - Around the World in Fourteen Stories 183-202 (Barry Rodger ed., Kluwer Law International, 2013) and in Journal of Japanese Law / Zeitschrift für Japanisches Recht 143-164 (Winter 2013).   [SSRN (full text)]   [Amazon]   (short-listed for the Antitrust Writing Awards 2014 by the contest's Academic Steering Committee)
• Collective Actions by Indirect Purchasers: Lessons from the Japanese Oil Cartel Cases, in Collective Actions: Enhancing Access to Justice and Reconciling Multilayer Interests?, 299-338 (Stefan Wrbka, Steven Van Uytsel & Mathias Siems eds., Cambridge University Press, 2012).   [Cambridge]
• Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in Japan: An Empirical Analysis, 8 Competition Law Review 7-28 (2012).   [Journal (full text)]   [SSRN]    (short-listed for the Antitrust Writing Awards 2013 by the contest's Academic Steering Committee)
• Deterrence of Antitrust Violations: Do Actions for Damages Matter in Japan?, 2 Asian Journal of Law and Economics, Issue 4, 1-15 (2011).   [Journal]   [SSRN (abstract)]
• Antitrust Damages Actions Styled as Unjust Enrichment Claims: A Comment on the Tokyo District Court’s Decision in the Jet Fuel Bid-Rigging Case [published as A Japanese court awards damages (restitution) to the Japanese State in a bid-rigging case concerning the supply of jet fuel], e-Competitions Bulletin, 7 pp., www.concurrences.com (June 2011 (added February 2013)).   [SSRN (full text)]
• (with Paulius Jurčys), Summary of Discussions on International Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Intellectual Property Litigation, in Intellectual Property in the Global Arena - Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, and the Recognition of Judgments in Europe, Japan and the U.S., 49-51, 148-156, 229-235, 341-346 (Jürgen Basedow, Toshiyuki Kōno & Axel Metzger eds., Mohr Siebeck, 2010).   [Table of Contents]
• Book Review: Masako Wakui, Antimonopoly Law: Competition Law and Policy in Japan, 29 Journal of Japanese Law / Zeitschrift für Japanisches Recht 289-292 (Spring 2010).
• (with Ana Baptista et al.), The Experience of 20 Japanese Companies in Belgium - Berugī shinshutsu nikkei kigyō no jōkyō - 20 sha no jirei, 137 pp. (Belgium-Japan Association & Chamber of Commerce, 2006).
• Case Comment: Republic of Iraq v Vinci S.A. (enforcement of judgments against sovereign States), in Oxford Reports on International Law (A. Nollkaemper and E. de Wet eds., Oxford University Press, 2007).   [Database (subscription required)]
• Case Comment: Democratic Republic of Congo v Segrim NV (enforcement of judgments against sovereign States), in Oxford Reports on International Law (A. Nollkaemper and E. de Wet eds., Oxford University Press, 2007).   [Database (subscription required)]
• (with Joost Verlinden), Arbitration in Belgium, in The International Comparative Guide to International Arbitration 2005, at 58-63 (Alan Falach ed., Global Legal Group, 2005).
• Mag het iets meer zijn? De bescherming van slachtoffers van interne gewapende conflicten na de uitspraken van het ad hoc tribunaal voor ex-Joegoslavië [The Protection of Victims of Internal Armed Conflict in Light of the Recent Case Law of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia], Zoeklicht (now Internationaal Humanitair Recht in de Kijker), May 2001, 23-29 and VN Berichten (now Wereldbeeld), June 2001, 57-63.   [recipient of the Red Cross Essay Contest Prize]

Articles in newsletters

• (with Alexandre Bertuzzi and others), Bayer / Monsanto - protecting innovation and product competition in seeds, traits and pesticides, Competition merger brief (European Commission, Brussels), December 2018, at 6-12.   [Newsletter (full-text)]
• (with Fanny Dumont, Ngoc-Lan Lang, Melanie Schmillen and Mauro Sibilia), Lufthansa/Air Berlin - the slot machine, Competition merger brief (European Commission, Brussels), July 2018, at 9-12.   [Newsletter (full-text)]
• (with Fanny Dumont, Luca Manigrassi and Staffan Martinsson), Liberty Global/BASE: Fixing it first in the Belgian mobile market, Competition merger brief (European Commission, Brussels), July 2016, at 10-12.   [Newsletter (full-text)]
• (with Julia Wambach), No magic number to dial - The Commission's review of mobile telecoms mergers, Competition merger brief (European Commission, Brussels), Nov. 2014, at 10-16.   [Newsletter (full-text)]
• Towards a Europe-wide Collective Action?, Global Dispute Resolution (Linklaters LLP, London), Feb. 2008, at 17-18.   [Newsletter (full-text)]