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Racine

Competition/European Law

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Racine's competition team is composed of a dozen of lawyers with deep expertise in economic dynamics and public policy.

It provides comprehensive advice on all areas of French and European competition law. The team is active in merger control, particularly within the industrial sector, antitrust litigation, especially in the field of new technologies, State aid matters and Foreign Investment control.

Thanks to their expertise and flexibility, they deliver practical and pragmatic solutions tailored to the specific needs of Racine’s clients.

Our competition services include:

Antitrust (cartels and abuse of dominance)

  • Assistance with dawn raids
  • Litigation before antitrust authorities
  • Appeals before the courts
  • Negotiated procedures
  • Damages litigation
  • Advice and risk prevention

Merger control

  • Notification of mergers
  • International coordination
  • Negotiating and monitoring undertakings

State Aid

  • Strategic advice
  • Litigation services

Monitoring of foreign investments and subsidies

  • Notification of investments and subsidies
  • Negotiation and monitoring of undertakings

Industries (6)

  • Automotive
  • Environment
  • Agri-food
  • Mobility
  • Tech
  • Digital

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Competition/European Law - France

Band 4

What the Team is Known For

Racine moves up the rankings this year due to evidence of sophisticated work. The firm has a strong practice that covers both contentious and non-contentious competition mandates for large French and multinational corporates. It offers expertise in merger clearance mandates, abuse of dominance investigations, appeals against fines and dawn raid proceedings. The team is also praised for its ability to handle state aid mandates.

À propos de l’équipe

Racine progresse dans le classement cette année grâce à des preuves de travail sophistiqué. Le cabinet intervient à la fois en conseil comme en contentieux pour de grandes entreprises françaises et multinationales. Le cabinet offre de l'expertise dans de mandats d’autorisation de concentrations, d’enquêtes sur l’abus de position dominante et de dawn-raids. L’équipe est également saluée pour sa capacité à gérer les mandats d’aide d’État.

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Work Highlights

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  • Racine represented SEB in an appeal against a fine imposed by the FCA.

  • Racine a représenté SEB dans le cadre d'un appel contre une amende imposée par la FCA.

Strengths

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  • Racine showed real cross-functional expertise in competition law, unfailing responsiveness and availability, and an excellent understanding of our needs.

    Competition/European Law respondentFrance

  • The lawyers are experts, pragmatic, relevant and quickly understand operational and technical issues.

    Competition/European Law respondentFrance

  • We are very happy with Racine's assistance and performance. The team is well structured and always comes out with relevant material to our questions.

    Competition/European Law respondentFrance

  • The team is available, responsive and understands the technological issues.

    Competition/European Law respondentFrance

  • We appreciated the team's knowledge of our industry and its capacity to support in very tight deadlines. The team supports us in a very efficient way.

    Competition/European Law respondentFrance

  • L'équipe est disponible, réactive et comprend les enjeux technologiques.

    Competition/European Law respondentFrance

Notable Practitioners

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  • Bastien Thomas
    Bastien Thomas

    Bastien Thomas

    Bastien Thomas moves up the rankings this year due to his activity acting on significant merger control mandates for large multinationals operating in sectors such as energy, transportation and agriculture. He additionally demonstrates expertise in dawn raid matters and has a strong reputation for state aid issues.

    Bastien Thomas progresse dans le classement cette année grâce à son expérience dans de mandats importants de contrôle des concentrations pour de grandes multinationales opérant dans des secteurs tels que l’énergie, les transports et l’agriculture. Il fait également preuve d’une expertise en dawn-raids et a une solide réputation en matière d’aides d’État.

    • Bastien Thomas more than fully meets our requirements and expectations. He is always clear, efficient and available.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance

    • Bastien Thomas has always been very available and responsive. His skills have been recognised in the construction and monitoring of our cases.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance

    • Bastien Thomas is an expert in competition law and an excellent speaker. He is pragmatic, always available and has the analytical and understanding skills needed to understand our business issues.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance

    • He is very technical, with good knowledge of state aid. We are reassured because we know there won't be any mistakes, he can anticipate issues.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance

    • We have an excellent relationship with Bastien Thomas, working with him is a pleasure.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance

    • Il est très compétent techniquement et possède une excellente connaissance des aides d'État. Nous sommes rassurés car nous savons qu'il n'y aura pas d'erreurs ; il est capable d'anticiper les problèmes.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance
    • Bastien Thomas répond pleinement à nos exigences et à nos attentes. Il est toujours clair, efficace et disponible.
      Competition/European Law respondentFrance
    • Bastien Thomas est un expert en droit de la concurrence et un excellent orateur. Il est pragmatique, toujours disponible et possède les capacités d'analyse et de compréhension nécessaires pour appréhender nos enjeux commerciaux.
      Competition/European Law respondentFrance

    • Bastien Thomas a toujours été très disponible et réactif. Ses compétences ont été reconnues dans la construction et le suivi de nos dossiers.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance
    • Nous entretenons d'excellentes relations avec Bastien Thomas, c'est un plaisir de travailler avec lui.
      Competition/European Law respondentFrance
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  • Guillaume Fabre
    Guillaume Fabre

    Guillaume Fabre

    Guillaume Fabre is adept at handling merger control cases before the EC. He is also experienced in assisting with abuse of dominance cases, having advised an array of high profile clients from the technology and transportation sectors. He additionally represents clients in appeals against fines and follow-on damages actions.

    Guillaume Fabre assiste dans de contrôle des concentrations devant la CE. Il a également de l’expérience dans de dossiers d’abus de position dominante, ayant conseillé de nombreux clients de premier plan dans les secteurs de la technologie et des transports. Il représente également des clients dans les appels contre les amendes et les réclamations de dommages.

    • He was very responsive and is a very good competition lawyer. He is very available.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance

    • Guillaume Fabre is very calm, cool-headed and thorough. He leaves no stone unturned and provides very good risk assessment. I trust him and would recommend him easily.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance

    • Guillaume Fabre understands the situation well and he gives good advice so we feel supported.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance

    • Guillaume Fabre has great competence and great availability.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance
    • Guillaume Fabre comprend bien la situation et donne de bons conseils, ce qui nous permet de nous sentir soutenus.
      Competition/European Law respondentFrance

    • Il a été très réactif et c'est un excellent avocat en droit de la concurrence. Il est très disponible.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance

    • Guillaume Fabre possède une grande compétence et une grande disponibilité.

      Competition/European Law respondentFrance
    • Guillaume Fabre est très calme, posé et méticuleux. Il ne néglige aucun détail et propose une excellente évaluation des risques. Je lui fais confiance et je le recommande sans hésiter.
      Competition/European Law respondentFrance
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