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Band 4

Competition/European Law

France

7 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Pascal Wilhelm

France

Practice Areas

Pascal Wilhelm founded Wilhelm & Associés in 1995. He is recognized as a reference in communications law (audiovisual, advertising, intellectual property), competition law and business law (corporate, financial and stock market law). In addition to his work as a lawyer, he is involved in various teaching and research activities. Since 2006, he has taught communications law at Paris Dauphine University. In 2014, he participated in the creation of a “Audiovisual & Digital” chair at Panthéon Assas University.

Since January 2015, he has also been lecturing at the Sciences Po Paris law school on the interaction between competition law and the ordinary law of obligations. A regular contributor to the specialized press, Pascal Wilhelm is the author of numerous articles on communications, competition and regulatory law. He has also contributed to the Mélanges in honor of Professor Louis Vogel (published on October 21, 2024). He is a member of several professional associations (AFEC, IBA, APDC etc.).

Professional Memberships

He is a member of several professional associations, including the French Competition Law Association (AFEC), the Association of Competition Lawyers (APDC), and the American Bar Association (ABA).

Publications

WILHELM, Pascal and DUMUR, Emilie, The penalty for unfair competitive strategy, in La Semaine Juridique Entreprise et Affaires No. 25, June 19, 2025

WILHELM, Pascal and DUMUR, Emilie, Variable professional secrecy: the advisory role of lawyers sacrificed by the Court of Cassation, in La Semaine Juridique Entreprise et Affaires No. 20, May 15, 2025

WILHELM, Pascal and DUMUR, Emilie, Voluntary interventions in competition proceedings: strictly assessed admissibility, in La Semaine Juridique Entreprise et Affaires No. 46, November 14, 2024

WILHELM, Pascal and DUMUR, Emilie, Justifying the ban on online sales: the Mariage Frères case, in La Semaine Juridique Entreprise et Affaires No. 10, March 7, 2024

WILHELM, Pascal and DUMUR, Emilie, The protection of confidential legal communications in competition and consumer law investigations, in La Semaine Juridique Entreprise et Affaires No. 12, March 23, 2023

WILHELM, Pascal, Defenses invoked against sanctions for practices limiting online sales, in La Semaine Juridique Entreprise et Affaires No. 26, July 2022

WILHELM, Pascal and DUMUR, Emilie, Guarantees of independence and impartiality before the ADLC: the case of recusal and referral, in La Semaine Juridique Entreprise et Affaires No. 2, January 13, 2022.

WILHELM, Pascal and DUMUR, Emilie, Items seized during searches and seizures by the Competition Authority

Industry Sector Expertise

- Competition - Distribution - Consumption

- Business and corporate law

- Audiovisual and communication

- Intellectual property

Expert in these Jurisdictions

- The Judicial Court

- The Commercial Court

- The judge presiding over summary proceedings

The Administrative Court

- The Administrative Court of Appeal of Paris

- The Court of Appeal of Paris

- The Court of Cassation

- The Competition Authority

- The Council of State

- The European Commission

- The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)

Languages Spoken

French, English, and Spanish

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Competition/European Law - France

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Individual Editorial

Pascal Wilhelm is regularly before the FCA and EC to assist with merger clearance mandates, in addition to advising on anti-competitive disputes and the competition law aspects of distribution agreements. He is sought out by large players in the consumer goods and TMT sectors.

Editorial individuel

Pascal Wilhelm intervient régulièrement devant la FCA et la CE dans de mandats d’autorisation de concentrations, en plus de donner des conseils sur les litiges anticoncurrentiels et les aspects de droit de la concurrence des accords de distribution. Il est sollicité par de grands acteurs des secteurs des biens de consommation et des télécommunications.

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Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT)

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