Franck Audran

Franck Audran is a partner in Gide's Competition & International Trade team in Paris. He specialises in EU competition law (cartels, dominant positions, merger control).

Franck assists our clients in litigation proceedings in France, whether before the French Competition Authority (cartels and abuse of dominant position) or the Commercial Court (claims for damages, restrictive competition practices, etc.). The also act on complex mergers, some of which require commitments and/or the opening of an in-depth investigation phase before the French Competition Authority, the Commission or the national competition authorities of EU Member States (Romania, Greece, Poland, etc.), as well as outside the EU (China, Korea, Brazil, Serbia, Bosnia, Turkey, etc.).

He also has extensive experience of antitrust litigation before the French competition authority (railway, household electrical appliances, dairy supply, rendering, BPA) and private enforcement before the commercial courts (hygiene products, zinc, energy and Google ADX).

Franck is a graduate of the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Erlangen in Germany. He is a member of the Paris Bar.