Gabriel BLESER
Managing Partner
Practice areas

Career
Admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 1997, Gabriel has 25 years of professional experience. He is recognised for his significant experience in European law with particular emphasis on European competition law (cartels, abuse of dominant position, joint ventures, state aid, merger control, distribution law) and sectoral regulation (gaz, electricity, transportation, telecommunications). He also advises on Luxembourg competition law, unfair competition law, administrative law and public law, public procurement law and procedures, in real estate and urban planning law, on new technologies, labour law and social security law.
Gabriel represents the law firm in the Labor Law group within the IR GLOBAL network. Gabriel was the first general rapporteur of the Inspectorate of Competition and has gained significant experience in European and Luxembourg competition law. He helped set up the new Luxembourg competition authorities in 2004. Gabriel is a founding member and President of the Luxembourg Association for the Study of Competition Law (ALEDC), he is a board member of APSI (Association luxembourgeoise des professionnels de la société de l’information), and member of APDL, the Luxembourg Data Protection Association. Gabriel is also the President of the Luxembourg National Committee of the Union International des Avocats (UIA). Before joining Bonn & Schmitt with his team in October 2020, Gabriel was a partner in his own law firm and in several reputable law firms. He regularly publishes articles on competition law.
Education
2003 Postgraduate College Diploma in European Competition Law (King’s College, London), UK
1997 LL.M. (Magisterlegum) (University of Cologne), Germany
1995 Master’s degree in Private Law (Robert Schuman University - Strasbourg III), France
Languages
French, English, German, Luxembourgish
Publications
Merger Control in Luxembourg, Luxembourg Chapter, Thomson Reuters Practical Law, December 2020
Restraints of trade and dominance, Luxembourg Chapter, Thomson Reuters Practical Law, December 2020
Cartel Leniency, Luxembourg Chapter, Thomson Reuters Practical Law, October 2020
Private Antitrust Litigation Global Guide, Luxembourg Chapter, Thomson Reuters Practical Law, June 2019
Nouvelle loi facilitant la réparation du préjudice subi résultant d’infractions au droit de la concurrence , www.legitech.lu , Décembre 2016
Droit de la concurrence luxembourgeois – Collégiales du Droit, Luxembourg, Legitech, Avril 2016, Coordination par Me BLESER
Cartels Global Insights, Luxembourg chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd, London, February 2014
Competition Litigation 2016, Luxembourg chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd., London, September 2015
Competition litigation 2015, Luxembourg chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd., London, September 2014
Competition litigation 2014, Luxembourg chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd., London, September 2013
Cartels and leniency 2014, Luxembourg chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd., London, December 2013
Article sur la réforme de la loi sur l’aménagement du territoire (loi du 30 juillet 2013), Les cahiers du droit luxembourgeois n. 19, Legitech (co-auteur)
Anti-cartel enforcement worldwide – Luxembourg chapter – Editors Maher M. Dabbah and Barry E. Hawk, Cambridge University Press, 2009
Publications on www.concurrences.com, BONN & SCHMITT is local Luxembourg partner of e-competitions
The Luxembourg administrative Court issues final clarification on the leniency procedure, 24.1.2008
Luxembourg : The Government intends to boost competition policy - Reform of the 17 May 2004 competition law, 10.12.2007
The Luxembourg Competition Council announces a reform in its annual 2006 report, 6.2007
The Luxembourg Parliament implements EC Regulation N° 1/2003 and "modernises" Luxembourg competition law , 17.5.2004
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