Bram Nijhof

Bram heads the Competition, EU and Trade Practice Area in the Netherlands. Bram is one of few Dutch experts on the competition law aspects of standard essential patents and FRAND.

Bram advises and litigates in all matters related to competition law, public procurement and state aid. He is a member of the associations for competition law and public procurement law.

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Career

Since 2015	Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2015	Lawyer, Deterink Attorneys and Notaries, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2013 - 2014	Legal Officer Public Funding, Philips Research, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

2009 - 2013	Lawyer, KienhuisHoving Attorneys and Notaries, Eschede, The Netherlands
2008	Policy Officer at APG, Heerlen, The Netherlands

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Education

2009	Admitted to the bar, Almelo
2008	LLM Law & Language Studies, Maastricht University and University of Edinburgh

Publications

Opschorting van vervaltermijnen: het (snoei)mes dat van twee kanten snijdt, Mededingingsrecht in de Praktijk, March 2015, no. 2, 73
Aanbestedingsplatforms door overheid op achterstand, SC Online, February 2015, no. 3
Staatssteun en de Nederlandse vastgoedpraktijk: gemiste kansen, Grondzaken in de praktijk, december 2014.
Een grondtransactie bevat staatssteun: maakt dat de transactie automatisch en in zijn geheel nietig?, Grondzaken in de praktijk, oktober 2014.
BR2015/95: Schadevergoeding versus staatsteun: oneigenlijk gebruik van de onteigeningsrechtvaardiging

Memberships & Associations

Dutch Association for Competition Law
University of Maastricht, Guest Lecturer

Additional languages

English

German

French

Dutch

Expertise

Services and Groups Information technology Competition, EU & trade Compliance

Sectors Life sciences & healthcare

Experience

REWE Group on various projects related to competition and merger law

REWE Group on provision of ongoing competition and merger law advice on various projects, including the establishment of a joint venture with coop and the acquisition of Lekkerland. REWE are one of the most important German trading and tourism companies and we advise them on various, sometimes very large-volume projects. Our teams in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands provide advice to REWE Group.