De Pardieu is one of France’s leading law firms in competition, merger control and distribution law. Its professional excellence is regularly recognized by professional rankings.
We advise and represent our clients in a wide range of cases: merger control, competition investigations, cartel cases, abuse of dominant positions, State aids, distribution, restrictive practices and follow-on actions.
Our team represents clients across a variety of economic sectors, including retail, automotive, press, e-commerce, Internet, energy, transport, banking and insurance, agri-food, media, real estate, textiles, cosmetics, pharmaceutical laboratories and electrical equipment.
We regularly represent our clients before the competent courts (Commercial Courts, Cour d’Appel de Paris, criminal courts or the Parquet (Public Prosecutor’s Office)) or national competition authorities (Autorité de la Concurrence, DGCCRF), as well as before the European bodies responsible for competition law (European Commission, Tribunal and Court of Justice of the European Union).
Depending on the specificities of the case, we are assisted by the most renowned economists and, for cross-border transactions, by a network of leading foreign correspondents, enabling us to ensure centralized and seamless coordination of proceedings with the various authorities concerned.