Jolling de Pree heads the Competition and Regulation practice of De Brauw and specialises in EU Competition Law, Energy and Telecommunications. Jolling’s previous experience in mergers and acquisitions strongly enhances his current practice, particularly his representing companies in international cartel investigations and in merger cases. His clients include leading European energy companies, such as Royal Dutch Shell, Electrabel, Centrica, NAM and Royal KPN.

Jolling has wide experience in litigating before the European Court of Justice and national courts. He is noted for his “business sense, drive, creativity and never-give-up mentality.“ Through his involvement in international cartel investigations and cross-border M&A transactions, Jolling has established a network of contacts with experts working for first tier law firms in all major jurisdictions outside the Netherlands.

Recent work includes advising or assisting:

• NXP on its joint venture with ST Microelectronics
• Royal KPN on its joint venture with Reggefiber on the roll-out of glass fibres in the Netherlands
• Royal Ahold on the sale of its subsidiary Schuitema to CVC Capital Partners 
• a major Dutch retail bank in relation to the cartel investigation of the Dutch competition authority into the financial sector.

Jolling lectures on EU and Dutch competition law at the Dutch Company Lawyers Association and is editor in chief of one of the leading competition law journals,  Actualiteiten Mededingingsrecht, and of the treatise on competition law Tekst en Commentaar Mededingingswet. He regularly appears in parliament as an expert advising on competition policy issues. Jolling has published collections on energy law and regulation (Energy Law, SdU 2005/2006) and competition law and regulation (Competition Law, SdU 2008). He also speaks at conferences on competition law and energy law issues.