Bart A. Creve's advisory and litigation practice focuses on all aspects of competition and State aid law, general EU law, and rules on Unfair Trade Practices and Foreign Direct Investments. In addition, Bart has extensive experience in organising and conducting internal investigations.

Bart represents Danish and foreign clients in a wide array of business sectors, including energy, telecoms, aviation, shipping, pharmaceuticals, motion pictures, gambling, consumer electronics and foodstuffs.

Because of his thorough understanding of the details and challenges of a case across jurisdictions, he often assists clients in international proceedings, including before the European Commission and the European Courts as well as national authorities and/or courts in Denmark, Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Korea and the US.

Bart has significant experience with merger cases, having coordinated a large number of merger control notifications both in Denmark and abroad. In addition, Bart has considerable expertise in handling investment screening legislation in multiple countries and is a member of Kromann Reumert's FDI working group, which has commented on the draft bill of the upcoming Danish Investment Screening Act. In the context of general competition and State aid law, Bart has extensive experience in regulatory investigations, distribution, pricing and cooperation strategies at both national and international level. He is active as either plaintiff or defence counsel in a number of State aid proceedings.

Practice areas

• EU Law
• Competition Law
• State Aid Law
• Foreign Direct Investments

Industries

• Healthcare

Career

• Partner, Kromann Reumert, 2015-
• Attorney, Linklaters, Brussels
• ECN/Antitrust Division of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition

Education

• Admitted to practise law in Denmark, 2014
• Attorney-at-law (New York Bar), 2013
• Advocaat (Brussels Bar), 2005
• Master of Laws (LL.M), University of Chicago, 2005
• Summer School, European University, Fiesole, 2004
• Studied one semester at New York University, 2001
• Master of Laws (jur.) from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Licentiaat Rechten), Belgium, 2001

Languages

• The Scandinavian languages
• English
• Dutch
• French

Activities

• Lecturer at universities and conferences
• Member of the American Bar Association Antitrust Section
• Member of the Benelux Business Club
• Member of the Danish Competition Law Society

Publications

• Contributor to Chambers Global Practice guide 'Merger Control 2016'
• "Dansk Fusionskontrol" (Danish Merger Control), 2018
• Co-author and author of several articles 

High-profile cases

Bart has coordinated several multi-jurisdictional merger cases and is currently involved in multiple infringement cases, for instance the "Air Cargo" and "Power Cables" cartel cases and two landmark pay-for-delay cases. 

Ratings

Based on client testimonials, acknowledged rating organizations have most recently rated Bart in:

• Lexology, Thought Leader, Global Elite 2025
• Chambers Europe, Band 2, 2024
• Legal500, 2024