About

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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

Chambers Review

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Competition/European Law - France

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Racine's practice 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 and dawn proceedings. The team is also praised for its ability to handle state aid mandates.

Work Highlights

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  • Racine advised RATP Capital Innovation on obtaining clearance from the FCA for its acquisition of CityScoot.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Bastien Thomas
5
Bastien Thomas
5
Band 5

Bastien Thomas frequently acts 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 is a very good lawyer and very hard-working.

Bastien Thomas has great expertise.

Bastien Thomas demonstrates vision, pragmatism and excellence.

Bastien is a reliable and determined interlocutor who knows how to accompany and make himself understood by the uninitiated client.

Guillaume Fabre
U
Guillaume Fabre
U
Up and Coming

Guillaume Fabre enters the rankings this year thanks to his strong work and excellent market support. He 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.

Guillaume Fabre is a dedicated, hard-working and thoughtful lawyer, with an ability to dive deep into the technicalities of a case while keeping things intelligible for clients.

Guillaume Fabre has the ability to understand what you mean. He takes the time to build trust and he listens.

Guillaume Fabre is an excellent listener, shows understanding of expectations and is responsive.

I think Guillaume Fabre goes the extra mile, in terms of depth of analysis.

Ranked Lawyers at
Racine

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Competition/European Law

Bastien Thomas
5
Bastien Thomas
5
Band 5
Guillaume Fabre
U
Guillaume Fabre
U
Up and Coming

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