Competition - Merger control - Distribution

Our team has developed a specific expertise advising on the application of the new European foreign subsidies regulation by the European Commission.

Highly recognized expertise in both advisory and litigation matters involving anti-competitive practices before national authorities and courts (Competition Authority, Paris Court of Appeal, criminal courts and Public Prosecutor’s office) and European courts (European Commission, Court of First Instance and Court of Justice of the European Union).

Defending our clients’ interests before the competent prosecuting authorities or courts

Defending our clients’ interests before the competent prosecuting authorities or courts for any type of restrictive practices.

Our team is involved in all types of investigations into anti-competitive practices, initiated by the European Commission, the Competition Authority, the DGCCRF or the criminal courts, and handles the related litigation.

Our team regularly advises on State aid notifications to the European Commission, particularly in the energy sector, and has a specific expertise in the new instruments offered by European law in this field (IPCEI aids schemes, etc.).

Our team has extensive expertise in follow-on actions (initiated following a conviction for anti-competitive practices) before the relevant courts. The team advises its clients on their follow-on actions, both as plaintiffs and as defendants.

Our team represents its clients in the context of national, European or multi-jurisdictional merger control proceedings. The team intervenes from the feasibility study to the drafting of notification files and the negotiation of commitments, or to the initiation of an in-depth review for the most complex cases, as well as in litigation related to the challenge of a merger clearance decision before the competent jurisdictions.

Our practice extends to all types of sectors, including those where the public authorities have a strong presence, either directly or through a regulatory authority, as in the energy, audiovisual, telecommunications, transport, postal distribution or healthcare sectors.

For cross-border transactions, our team relies on a network of leading foreign correspondents, permitting to ensure centralized and seamless coordination of proceedings with the various competition authorities concerned.