Dr. Bertold BÄR-BOUYSSIERE, LL.M. is a qualified lawyer in Germany and New York. For the past thirty years, he has been passionate about competition law, a legal field that defines and reflects the relationship between the state and businesses – between regulation and entrepreneurial freedom. As a member of international law firms since 1994 and based in Brussels, he regularly engages with the European Commission on reforms in this area. Having served for six years on the board of one of the world’s largest law firms, he now practices within the Dentons association. As a member of the Executive Committee of the Belgium-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bertold has also served as Co-Chair of the Competition Policy Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU (AmChamEU). He is the author of several books, articles, and columns covering current affairs in this field, among others:

• « Competition Law and Sustainability », ESHTE Conference on Tourism Law (17-18 October 2022)
• « Les obstacles pratiques à la place effective de la proportionnalité dans la compliance », dans Marie-Anne Frison-Roche (ed.), “Les Buts Monumentaux de la Compliance” (Dalloz, 2022)
• “The impact of COVID-19 on competition law in the tourism sector » (Ebook ESHTE, 2022)
• « Competition law in the tourism sector » (Book Chapter, 2022)
• « State Aid Law (Commentary on Articles 107-109 TFEU) » in: Jürgen Schwarze, EU-Kommentar, 4th edition 2019
• « Industrial Policy & Merger Control after Siemens/Alstom » in: Antitrust Matters (November 2019)
• « EU loan syndication and its impact on competition in credit markets – are you aware of the risks? » (September 2019)
• « Commissioner Vestager’s Mission Letter – The way ahead » (September 2019)
• « EU Policy & Regulatory Alert: EU Mechanism for Foreign Investment Screening to Enter into Force in April » (March 2019)
• « The era of more effective EU competition enforcement has begun » (December 2018)
• « Start Me Up and Keep Me Growing – Management Learnings from the Rolling Stones » (Anthem Press, June 2022)
• « Article 107-109 TFEU » in: Schwarze/Hatlje/Becker/Schoo, EU-Kommentar (4th edition, 2019)
• « Protektionistische Gefahren der U.S.-Fusionskontrolle » (1996)