Joost Bouten

Joost is an Associate Principal based in RBB's Brussels office. Since joining RBB in 2019, Joost has advised clients on a wide range of competition matters before the European Commission, as well as national competition authorities in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Belgium and China.

Prior to joining RBB’s office in the Netherlands, Joost worked as an intern at the European Commission (DG Competition) and the Dutch Healthcare Authority. A Dutch national, Joost is fluent in Dutch, English and German.

Joost holds an MSc in Economics (Competition and Regulation track) from Tilburg University.

Joost has advised clients on a variety of cases involving complex economic analysis, including horizontal and non-horizontal mergers, cartel investigations, litigation and market enquiry.

His experience covers a wide range of sectors, including social media, post, telecoms, housing, insurance, healthcare, legal tech, electric vehicle charging, leisure travel, manufacturing and fast-moving consumer goods.

He has also co-authored several publications, including contributions to books and journals covering merger control, unilateral effects, simulation modelling and ex-post evaluation of competition policy.