Geradin Partners appoints Tarik Hennen as Head of AI
Competition lawyer turned AI specialist to lead the firm’s next phase of AI development
Geradin Partners has appointed Tarik Hennen as Head of AI, reinforcing the firm’s long-term investment in artificial intelligence for competition law, digital regulation and follow-on damages litigation.
The appointment reflects the firm’s conviction that AI is becoming a core part of legal practice. Rather than treating it as a standalone technology initiative, Geradin Partners is embedding AI into how its lawyers research, draft, manage knowledge and deliver advice to clients.
Tarik began his career in EU competition law as a research fellow, before practising at the Brussels bar. He later moved into entrepreneurship, spending a decade in digital and AI consulting, where he trained more than 300 professionals and built custom AI systems across sectors.
Tarik is an adjunct professor at IHECS (Brussels School of Journalism & Communication) and has given seminars at the University of Louvain and the University of Lille. He also contributes to international research projects on the use of AI in professional environments.
“AI is no longer a support function for legal practice — it’s becoming part of how the best advice gets built. Tarik brings something rare: real depth in competition law combined with hands-on experience building AI systems that actually work in professional settings. That combination is exactly what we need as we scale this across the firm,” said Damien Geradin, Founding Partner of Geradin Partners.
“What drew me to this role is that Geradin Partners isn’t looking at AI as a bolt-on efficiency tool — they see it as something that will reshape how legal advice is researched, structured and delivered. Having worked across both competition law and AI implementation, I know how wide that gap usually is between the two. My focus here will be closing it, in a way that makes lawyers better at what they do rather than replacing the judgment that makes their advice valuable,” said Tarik Hennen, Head of AI at Geradin Partners.
