Laurent Godfroid

Practice Areas

Laurent Godfroid has extensive experience dealing with EU and French Competition Law, be it mergers, vertical and horizontal cartels, abuses of dominant position or state aids, which he has been practising for more than 15 years.

He is also specialised in analysing EU legislation, and questions of interpretation the latter may raise, in the context of legislative proposals or concerning existing texts. On this basis, he assists clients before the European Commission and the French Competition Authority or the Community courts in Luxembourg and also European agencies such as EMA and ECHA.

Laurent specialises in several markets: rail and road transports, space industry, agricultural law, agro-chemicals, pharmaceuticals, Internet, and pay and free TV.

Career

Gide Loyrette Nouel partner (since January 1st, 2013)

Associate, Gide Loyrette Nouel Brussels (since 2003)

Associate, Linklaters Paris and Brussels (2001-2003)

Trainee, Cleary Gottlieb (1998-2001)

College of Europe (Bruges), LLM, European Legal Studies (1997-1998)

Leicester University (UK), LLM, European and International Law (1996-1997)