Paul advises on EU law, with a specific focus on competition law, foreign direct investment screening (FDI), state aid, and market regulation.

He has broad experience in transactional matters, gaining clearance in complex cases before the European Commission and ACM as well as other competition and FDI authorities, and handling a variety of sensitive investigations, including abuse of dominance and other contentious competition and FDI matters. In addition, Paul has worked on a wide array of litigation matters, including multi-jurisdictional follow-on damages litigation and complex settlements, and has represented clients before national courts and the European Court of Justice.

Paul has a particular affinity with the financial sector, building on his experience as part of De Brauw's financial markets regulation group, and was previously seconded to a large Dutch financial group.

Paul is a member of the Dutch Association for European Law and the Dutch Competition Law Association. He publishes on various topics related to EU law and is a member of the editorial board of competition law journal Mededingingsrecht in de Praktijk. He also regularly lectures at the University of Amsterdam’s EU law programme.