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BDGS Associés’ Competition and Regulatory practice benefits from a unique position due to its dual presence in Paris and Brussels and the experience of its partners Antoine Gosset-Grainville, Maria Trabucchi, Jérôme Fabre, François Gordon and Florian Bosser in all competition law and regulatory matters, including merger control, antitrust, state aid, sectorial regulation, competition litigation, as well as distribution law and foreign investments in France.

The practice is particularly renowned for its work in complex merger control and foreign investments with a strong risk of prohibition or remedies and in State aid.

It also plays a leading role in litigation relating to anti-competitive practices, both in defending its clients before the French Competition Authority and the European Commission and in bringing follow-on actions for damages before the courts.

BDGS Associés’ Competition and Regulatory practice also has significant experience in French and EU sectorial regulation in particular in the telecommunications, energy, transport and broadcasting sectors.

 

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Competition/European Law - France

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

BDGS Associés is a boutique law firm known for its strong track record in high-end merger control instructions, with further experience in state aid issues and antitrust litigation. The law firm offers advice on dawn raids and related cartel and anti-competitive behaviour investigations. Its varied client base includes retailers, TMT and transport sector companies.

À propos de l’équipe

BDGS Associés est un cabinet réputé pour son expérience dans le domaine de contrôle des concentrations, avec une expérience supplémentaire dans les dossiers d’aides d’État et les litiges antitrust. Le cabinet d’avocats offre des conseils dans le cadre de drawn-raids et d’enquêtes connexes sur les cartels et les comportements anticoncurrentiels. Sa clientèle comprend des entreprises du secteur du commerce, de télécommunications et de transports.

Work Highlights

  • BDGS Associés represented Meta in an investigation by the FCA for an alleged abuse of dominant position.

  • BDGS Associés a représenté Meta dans le cadre d'une enquête de la FCA pour abus de position dominante présumé.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Antoine Gosset-Grainville
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Antoine Gosset-Grainville
Head of Competition/European Law
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Eminent Practitioners

Antoine Gosset-Grainville is recognised for his experience in handling merger control and state aid mandates. He regularly represents clients in cartel and anti-competitive investigations launched by the FCA. He has a number of clients from the retail, energy and TMT sectors.

Antoine Gosset-Grainville has outstanding skills in state aid, he knows the commission and French government perfectly which we appreciate.

Antoine Gosset-Grainville has excellent expertise, a strong mastery of the most complex subjects and provides high value-added advice.

He is one of the best in state aid lawyers in the world.

Antoine Gosset-Grainville est reconnu pour son expérience dans des mandats de contrôle des concentrations et d’aides d’État. Il représente régulièrement des clients dans des enquêtes sur les ententes et des enquêtes anticoncurrentielles lancées par la FCA.

Antoine Gosset-Grainville possède une excellente expertise, une solide maîtrise des sujets les plus complexes et fournit des conseils à forte valeur ajoutée.

Il est l'un des meilleurs avocats au monde en matière d'aides publiques.

Antoine Gosset-Grainville possède des compétences exceptionnelles en matière d'aides d'État ; il connaît parfaitement la commission et le gouvernement français, ce que nous apprécions.
Maria Trabucchi
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Maria Trabucchi
Head of Competition/European Law
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Band 1

Maria Trabucchi is a top-ranked lawyer who frequently handles high-value merger control mandates. In addition, she leverages her experience to advise on abuse of dominance investigations launched by the FCA, as well as assisting clients with dawn raids. She is a favourite among clients in the retail sector.

Maria Trabucchi is very good, hard-working and very appreciated.

Maria Trabucchi is one of the the best on the market. She is extraordinary and has very good judgement.

She has the ability to absorb a ton of information in difficult markets and come up with pragmatic solutions.

We're always impressed by her capability to understand a complex product or market and be at the top of the information for the market.

Maria Trabucchi est une avocate de premier plan qui s’occupe fréquemment de mandats de contrôle des concentrations de grande valeur. De plus, elle a de l'expérience dans des conseils d’enquêtes sur l’abus de position dominante lancées par la FCA, ainsi que dans de dawn-raids. Elle intervient régulièrement pour de clients des secteurs des télécommunications et du commerce.

Maria Trabucchi est très compétente, travailleuse et très appréciée.
Maria Trabucchi est l'une des meilleures sur le marché. Elle est extraordinaire et possède un excellent jugement.

Nous sommes toujours impressionnés par sa capacité à comprendre un produit ou un marché complexe et à être au fait des dernières informations à ce sujet.

Elle a la capacité d'assimiler une quantité considérable d'informations sur des marchés difficiles et de proposer des solutions pragmatiques.

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Competition/European Law

Antoine Gosset-Grainville
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Antoine Gosset-Grainville
Head of Competition/European Law
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Eminent Practitioners
Maria Trabucchi
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Maria Trabucchi
Head of Competition/European Law
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Band 1

Members

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Antoine Gosset-Grainville

Antoine Gosset-Grainville

Head of Department

Florian Bosser

François Gordon

Jérôme Fabre

Maria Trabucchi

Maria Trabucchi

Head of Department