Competition / Antitrust

Our team has an extensive experience in merger control, antitrust and state aid.

In State aid we have developed a recognised practice, with a particular focus on restructuring operations and on setting-up public-private financing schemes.

State aid

• Advice and litigation before the European Commission and the European Courts
• State Aid notifications
• Restructuring operations
• Set-up of public-private financing schemes
• Search for grants and support for application files

Merger control

• Analysis of the controllability of transactions before the Competition authorities (France, Europe and abroad)
• Merger fillings before the Competition authorities (France, Europe and multifilings)
• Ex-ante Compliance

Antitrust & Restrictive Practices

• Horizontal/vertical agreements and abuse of individual/collective dominant position
• Significant imbalance, unfair and unlawful termination of established business relationship, resale at a loss, payment terms and unfair competition
• Antitrust investigations

Compliance

• Competition Law Compliance Audits
• Compliance Programs
• Competition Compliance in Codes of Conduct, Codes of Ethics and Ethical Charter
• E-learning or on-site training for employees and Compliance Officers
• Foreign direct Investment Control Regime