European Competition Laws: A Guide to the EC and Its Member States

Frank Fine has been practicing EC competition law in Brussels since 1986. He is currently Head of International Antitrust at DeHeng Law Offices, a major Chinese law firm, and Director of EC Competition Law Advocates, which is engaged in the practice of EU competition law before the European Commission and Courts, the provision of adversarial and legislative support services to national competition authorities, and the provision of tactical and logistical support to parties involving in national competition law investigations and antitrust litigation.

Mr. Fine is also the Executive Director of the China Institute of International Antitrust and Investment, established in March 2012 under the auspices of the China University of Political Science and Law, where Mr. Fine is Visiting Professor of Competition Law.

He is currently the General Editor of the LexisNexis three-volume loose-leaf treatise, European Competition Laws. In 2006, Mr. Fine authored a book with Sweet & Maxwell entitled, The EC Competition Law on Technology Licensing. He is also the author of one of the seminal works on EC merger control, Mergers and Joint Ventures in Europe: The Law and Policy of the EEC.

Mr. Fine obtained his law degree from Loyola Law School (Los Angeles), where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Loyola International & Comparative Law Journal. He subsequently obtained an LL.M. (with honors) and Ph.D. in EC Competition Law from the University of Cambridge in England. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and has been Vice Chair of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Cartel and Criminal Practice, Intellectual Property, and International Committees, as well as a member of the Section’s Civil Redress Task Force.

Mr. Fine is listed in European Legal Experts (Belgium; EU and Competition) and Asia Law as a Leading Lawyer (Competition).(9780820553450)