Gabriel Bleser

Bonn & Schmitt is a leading independent Luxembourg law firm with an extensive international practice. 

The firm’s attorneys are experienced practitioners in the Luxembourg legal environment and represent a broad spectrum of expertise that allows them to deliver unrivalled legal solutions in one of Europe’s leading financial centres. 

Bonn & Schmitt is a trusted legal partner of leading international financial institutions, industrial corporations, national governments, as well as companies listed on the Forbes Global 2000 list. 

Having fostered strong links with leading international law firms, the firm’s global client base stretches through Europe, to Russia, the US, South America, South Africa and Asia. The firm aims to nurture strong client relationships and to address the particular business needs of each client in the most efficient manner.

Bonn & Schmitt’s lawyers are registered with the Luxembourg Bar and many are members of several legal associations, including the International Bar Association, the Union Internationale des Avocats and the International Fiscal Association.For more information, please consult the International Commerce Desk from Chambers of Commerce and Industry video presentation.

Career

Admitted to the Luxembourg Bar in 1997, Gabriel has 20 years’ professional experience as a lawyer and in the public sector. He is recognised for his significant experience in European law with particular emphasis on European and Luxembourg competition law (cartels, abuse of dominant position, joint ventures, state aid, merger control, distribution law). He also advises on unfair competition law, administrative law and public law (regulatory issues), public procurement law and procedures, on new technologies, telecommunications law, data protection and labour law and social security law. Gabriel was the first general rapporteur of the Inspectorate of Competition and has gained significant experience in European and Luxembourg competition law. He helped set up the new Luxembourg competition authorities in 2004. Gabriel is a founding member and President of the Luxembourg Association for the Study of Competition Law, member of LIGUE, member of UIA (Union Internationale des avocats) and a member of the Legal Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce (Luxembourg) and a board member and treasurer of APSI (Association luxembourgeoise des professionnels de la société de l’information). Before setting up MOYSE BLESER in January 2017, Gabriel was a partner in another Luxembourg law firm and formerly lawyer in a magic circle firm and in a reputable independant Luxembourg law firm.

Education

1995 Master’s degree in Private Law, Robert Schuman University (Strasbourg III), France
1997 LL.M. (Magisterlegum), University of Cologne, Germany
2003 Postgraduate College Diploma in European Competition Law, King’s College, London, UK

Publications

Gabriel Bleser publishes on legal themes in specialised press and monographs in French and English.

Luxembourg Competition Law – Collégiales du Droit, Luxembourg, Legitech, Avril 2016, Coordination by Me BLESER
Cartels Global Insights, Luxembourg chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd, London, February 2014
Competition Litigation 2016, Luxembourg chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd., London,
September 2015,  Competition litigation 2015, Luxembourg chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd., London, September 2014 and Competition litigation 2014, Luxembourg chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd., London, September 2013
Cartels and leniency 2014, Luxembourg chapter, Global Legal Group Ltd., London, December 2013
Article on the reform of the law on spatial planning (Law of 30 July 2013), Cahiers du droit luxembourgeois n. 19, Legitech (co-author)
Anti-cartel enforcement worldwide – Luxembourg chapter – Editors Maher M. Dabbah and Barry E. Hawk, Cambridge University Press, 2009

Languages

French, English, German, Luxembourgish