Henry de la Barre d'Erquelinnes

Henry de la Barre's practice focuses on antitrust and competition law matters, both at the European Union (EU) and national levels. He advises major national and international companies in their proceedings with the European Commission (EC) and the National Competition Authorities in Belgium and other EU Member States. Henry's competition law experience includes merger control, anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance, state aid and FSR (Foreign Subsidies Regulation). He is regularly involved in merger filings before regulators across the world.

Henry assists clients in various industries. He has developed a thorough knowledge of the energy sector and several heavy industry segments. Henry has assisted clients in obtaining antitrust clearances in several complex global transactions where he acted as managing associate. He successfully represented Bombardier in the €6 billion sale of its transportation business to Alstom S.A. Other notable matters include the representation of Korean Air in its acquisition of Asiana Airlines, bringing together the two largest airlines in South Korea, and the representation of Valmet Oyj in its €4.5 billion statutory merger with Neles Corporation.

Between 2023 and 2024, Henry was seconded for six months to the in-house competition team of a global electric utility company. Henry assisted the company's in-house lawyers in ensuring compliance with antitrust and merger control laws in various EU jurisdictions.

In recent years, Henry also gained experience with the European Union's Foreign Subsidies Regulation. He coauthored a leading article on the early phase of the FSR application by the EU Commission and assisted several clients in implementing new internal reporting processes in order to become FSR compliant.