Daniel Mandrescu
Associate · Amsterdam, BrusselsOutside role
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- Current titles
- Associate, Geradin Partners · since Oct 2024GP website
Outside roleheld at the same time as the GP role
- Board Member Dutch Association for Competition Law, Dutch Competition Law Association · Board · since 2023LinkedIn
- Member of the Editorial Board - Mededingingsrecht in de Praktijk (Dutch competition law journal), Sdu · Editorial · since 2022LinkedIn
- Assistant Professor EU Competition Law, Leiden University · Academic · since 2021LinkedIn
- Managing Editor EC Market Definition Locator, Wolters Kluwer · Editorial · since 2020LinkedIn
- Contributing Editor - CoRe Blog (Competition law), Lexxion Publisher · Editorial · since 2018LinkedIn
- Deputy director, Advanced LLM program European and International Business Law, Leiden University · AcademicGP website
- GP office
- Amsterdam · Brussels
- ExpertiseKeywords: hover for the reason
- Former positions and employers
Leiden UniversityUniversity or researchLinkedIn
- PhD Fellow · 2015-2021
University College LondonUniversity or researchLinkedIn
- Visiting Researcher · 2017
University of AmsterdamUniversity or researchLinkedIn
- Graduate Teaching Assistant · 2014-2015
- Student Representative- Curiculum committee EU Competition Law and Regulation · 2013-2014
Allen & OveryLaw firmLinkedIn
- Trainee Antitrust\ EU competition law · 2014
Wolters KluwerMediaLinkedIn
- Assistant Editor- Legal Issues of Economic Integration · 2013-2014
- OrganisationsMemberships, boards, networks
Bar admission: Amsterdam, the NetherlandsGP website
- Additional interestsAs stated by the person
Nothing stated on LinkedIn or the GP website.
- Languages
Hebreeuws (native) · Roemeens (native) · English (fluent) · Dutch (professional)LinkedIn
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Last 24 months · 21
24 Nov 2026
TalkUpcomingVerdiepingscursus Digital Markets ActLecturerLeiden Law Academy“On 24 November, I will be teaching a one-day advanced course on the Digital Market Act at the Leiden Law Academy.”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
17 Sep 2026
Case newsLitFin v Google (Google Shopping): Amsterdam District Court confirms its international jurisdiction“Thank you - Simon Boersen, Ruben Elkerbout, Philine Wassenaar, Channa Ebskamp, Daniel Mandrescu.”
Where this sentence is: LinkedIn post by Ruben Elkerbout
23 Jul 2026
Case newsGoogle self-preferencing in online search: Geradin Partners welcomes landmark DMA decisionCounsel on the caseGeradin Partnerswith Szymon Kohlhepp, Jérémie Jourdan, Philine Wassenaar, Philipp Westerhoff, Ruben Elkerbout, Johannes Wick, Thomas Höppner“Ruben Elkerbout, Johannes Wick, Daniel Mandrescu, Philine Wassenaar and Szymon Kohlhepp represent and advise several comparison services harmed by Google’s self-preferencing and have assisted them in their efforts to secure a level playing field.”
Where this sentence is: Article on geradinpartners.com
16 Jun 2026
Academic paperRefusal to supply and the evolution of the essential facilities doctrine: case C-245/24 LukoilAuthorJournal of European Competition Law & Practice“Happy to share this short contribution on one of my favorite topics in EU #competition law -> The essential facility doctrince/ refusal to supply!”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
10 Jun 2026
Case newsGeradin Partners secures landmark interim measures for Interaction in Meta AI / WhatsApp case“Other team members: Daniel Mandrescu, Eirini Marnera”
Where this sentence is: Article on geradinpartners.com
19 Mar 2026
Press articleOpstaan tegen Amazon, Google en Meta is niet langer kansloos: 'Big tech past gedrag al aan'QuotedMT/Sprout“Happy to share my views with the Dutch business community on the possibilities of private enforcement under (EU) #competition #law, the #DMA and #DSA”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
16 Jan 2026
AwardNominated for the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Award, Unilateral Conduct: Designing (restorative) remedies for abuses of dominance by online platformsAwardedConcurrences“Unilateral Conduct - Daniel Mandrescu:”
Where this sentence is: LinkedIn post by Konstantina Bania
15 Jan 2026
AwardGeradin Partners secures 3 Concurrences Writing Awards nominations“Here are the shortlisted articles: Daniel Mandrescu, Designing (restorative) remedies for abuses of dominance by online platforms, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, Volume 13, Issue 2, July 2025”
Where this sentence is: Article on geradinpartners.com
14 Jan 2026
Case newsGoogle Shopping hearing before the District Court of Amsterdam (LitFin v Google)“Excellent day in court yesterday with a fantastic team (Philine Wassenaar, Daniel Mandrescu, Simon Boersen Channa Ebskamp and Romain Bizet and Mikaël Hervé) Google Shopping hearing before the District Court of Amsterdam representing LitFin - Litigation Financiers vs Google.”
Where this sentence is: LinkedIn post by Philine Wassenaar
1 Jan 2026
Academic paper1 Jan 2026
Academic paper5 Dec 2025
Academic paperBigTech and PoliticsAuthorMededingingsrecht in de Praktijk“New publication in the Mededingingsrecht in de Praktijk (MP)- on the politicization of EU competition law enforcement by BigTech (in Dutch).”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
9 Oct 2025
Blog postThe Bits of Freedom ruling: the first step in private DSA enforcementWith the Digital Services Act (DSA) entering into force on 17 February 2024, it was only a matter of time before private parties began to exercise their rights in civil courts. On 2 October 2025, the Amsterdam District Court delivered the first judgment in a private claim brought under the DSA.[1] In this case BoF,
Source: Byline on The Platform Law Blog
25 Aug 2025
Academic paperThe case against Leadiant in the Netherlands: insights from a textbook example on exploitative excessive pricingAuthorJournal of European Competition Law & Practice“I am happy to share my recent article on exploitative excessive pricing in the pharmaceutical sector in the Netherlands, with a focus on the #Leadiant case before the District Court of Rotterdam.”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
31 Jul 2025
ArticleFacebook Marketplace: a textbook landmark case for the enforcement of EU competition law in the digital economyAuthorLexxion“New post alert on the Facebook #Marketplace decision!”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
17 Jul 2025
ArticleBig tech en politiek. De nationale rechter als redder in turbulente geopolitieke tijdenAuthorNederlands Juristenblad“Over de auteur(s) Daniel Mândrescu Mr. dr. D. Mândrescu is universitair docent EU mededingingsrecht en tech regulering aan de Universiteit Leiden en advocaat bij Geradin Partners.”
Where this sentence is: Page on njb.nl
17 Jul 2025
ArticleBig Tech and PoliticsAuthorNederlands Juristenblad“In a short piece (in Dutch) in Nederlands Juristenblad I note that in case this politicization of the DMA enforcement will materialize”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
2 May 2025
Press articleComment on the US Google case in EuractivQuotedEuractiv“Happy to have the chance to comment on the US Google case in an article by Euractiv”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
4 Apr 2025
Blog postThe judgment of the CJEU in Android Auto: Redefining the essential facilities doctrine for the digital economyOn 25 February 2025, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Android Auto, which refined the so-called essential facilities doctrine. This doctrine is one of the most debated concepts in (EU) competition law because it challenges the freedom of dominant undertakings to conduct a business by…
Source: Byline on The Platform Law Blog
28 Mar 2025
Academic paperPaper on competitive concerns in mobile ecosystems and the added value of the DMA“The paper written by Damien Geradin and me goes into the existing competitive concerns associated with the duopoly of the Apple and Google mobile ecosystems”
Where this sentence is: Their LinkedIn post
1 Jan 2025
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