Koen Van de Casteele

Director, DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels

Koen Van de Casteele holds an LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School (1995-1996), a diploma of advanced European Legal Studies from the College of Europe (1991-1992) and a law degree from K.U. Leuven, Belgium (1986-1991).

He is currently Director for State aid (General scrutiny and enforcement).  Before that, he was head of unit in charge of State aid policy and case support, among others, following the Temporary Crisis Frameworks.

Before joining DG Competition, he worked at the Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture where he was involved in agricultural competition law.

Prior to his work at the Commission, he was a senior associate in the Business and Finance Department of De Bandt, van Hecke & Lagae (now Linklaters De Bandt) in Brussels and London.