Competition/European Law

About

Provided by BDGS Associés

BDGS Associés’s Competition and Regulatory team is among the most experienced on the French market. With 9 full-time competition specialists (4 partners and 5 associates), the team has built up a highly recognised expertise encompassing advice and litigation in competition and economic regulatory laws:

Merger control

• notification procedures before the European Commission and the French Competition Authority, as well as multi-jurisdictional coordination of foreign filings
• representation of interested third parties in the context of merger reviews before competition authorities

Antitrust

• antitrust investigations (leniency, defence)
• abuse of dominant position proceedings
• follow-on damages claims

State aid

Advising companies and public authorities before the European Commission and/or the European courts on some of the largest State aid matters in recent years.

Distribution

Advising companies on the creation and management of distribution networks, as well as on contractual issues.

Competition and economic regulatory litigation

Representation of clients in competition and economic regulatory cases before the European and French courts (direct actions, appeals, etc.).