Provided by Laurent Godfroid
Laurent Godfroid is a partner in Gide's Competition team in Brussels.
He has recognised expertise in EU and French competition law, including mergers, vertical and horizontal agreements, abuses of dominant positions and state aid, which he has been practising for over 25 years.He also specialises in monitoring Community regulations and the questions of interpretation they may raise, in the context of legislative proposals or existing directives or regulations. In this capacity, he represents his clients before the European Commission, the Court of Justice and the French Competition Authority.
Laurent specialises in several sectors: rail, road and airline transport, agro-chemicals, cloud computing, the internet and pay and free television.
Laurent holds an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Leicester (England) and an LL.M. in Community Law from the College of Europe (Bruges). He is a member of the Brussels and Paris Bars.
Provided by Chambers
Laurent Godfroid is a popular choice with clients from the technology sector for advice on abuse of dominance cases and challenges to merger control decisions. He also assists clients with the notification of mergers.
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Laurent Godfroid is a thought leader at the top of his game and is great at reading the room with clients.
Laurent Godfroid is an outstanding lawyer in merger control, antitrust and state aid in Brussels. He has a wide spectrum of intervention, and is business-oriented and thorough.
Laurent Godfroid is a thought leader at the top of his game and is great at reading the room with clients.
Laurent Godfroid is an outstanding lawyer in merger control, antitrust and state aid in Brussels. He has a wide spectrum of intervention, and is business-oriented and thorough.