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Chazz Sutherland is a member of the Corporate Practice in Greenberg Traurig's Amsterdam office. She focuses her practice on virtually all aspects of international trade, commercial agency, franchise and distribution, with a focus on EU and national competition law and EU regulatory issues, corporate transactions, and commercial contracting.

Chazz holds an LL.M. degree in commercial and corporate law from the University of Maastricht. She also studied international taxation and intellectual property law during an exchange program at York University – Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Canada. Chazz is a member of the Dutch Bar Association.

Marking the latest development in the Illumina/Grail saga, on 3 September 2024, the CJEU annulled the General Court’s judgment and European Commission’s decisions allowing EU national competition authorities (NCAs) to

Continue Reading CJEU Decision in Illumina/Grail Case Restores Clarity on Article 22 ECMR Referrals for Merger Control

In our earlier GT Alert, we highlighted that on 1 June 2023 the European Commission adopted the revised Research and Development Block Exemption Regulation (R&D BER) and Specialization Block

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Companies often point out that there is a tension between sustainability and antitrust/competition. They argue that European Union (EU) – and EU Member States’ national – competition rules

Continue Reading European Commission guidance for EU competition-compliant possibilities for cooperation between competitors in realizing sustainability objectives

On 10 May 2022, the European Commission adopted the long-awaited new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the new accompanying Vertical Guidelines (Guidelines). The VBER entered into force on 1
Continue Reading The New VBER and Vertical Guidelines Explained: Key Takeaways

The EU’s Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and accompanying Guidelines on Vertical Restraints of the European Commission (Guidelines), dated from 2010, are currently under evaluation, with the EU Commission having
Continue Reading Distribution Agreements in the EU: Changes After VBER and Accompanying Guidelines are Revised