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Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

4

Band 4

Competition/European Law

France

18 Years Ranked

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Provided by Romain Ferla

France

Practice Areas

Romain Ferla leads the Competition team of Weil Paris. Romain has significant experience in EU and French competition law matters, including merger control, cartels/abuses of dominance, and advising on distribution agreements, joint ventures, state aids. In merger control, Romain works both as counsel to purchasers, as counsel to sellers and as counsel to complainants. Major recent matters include advising Bain in the EU merger control procedure relating to its acquisition of Inetum, Ardian in the EU merger control procedure relating to its acquisition of Odealim, SRS Group on the French merger control procedure relating to its acquisition of several Almaviva clinics, Arrowhead on the French merger control procedure relating to its acquisition of Bihr, Chequers on the French merger control procedure relating to the sale of Altema to Sigefi, Sienna and CNP on the EU merger control procedure relating to the acquisition of ECT, Advent on several merger control procedures relating to the sale of Cobham Aero Communications to Thales, and Corsair in several EU state aid approval procedures.

Career

Member of the Paris Bar since 1999.

Personal

Graduated from Sciences Po Paris, Université Paris II Assas and London School of Economics (LLM).

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Competition/European Law - France

4

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Romain Ferla represents clients at both the national and European levels in contentious antitrust proceedings and private enforcement actions. He is particularly well regarded for his expertise in merger control matters, especially for clients operating in the private equity space.

Editorial individuel

Romain Ferla représente des clients tant au niveau national qu’européen dans de procédures contentieuses antitrust et de procédures indemnitaires privées. Il est particulièrement réputé pour son expertise en matière de contrôle des concentrations, en particulier pour les clients opérant dans le domaine du private equity.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

I find working with Romain is very easy as he gets directly into the sectors that he needs to analyse. He is very pragmatic and concrete is his approach.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Romain Ferla has strong commercial judgement, a familiarity with case law and legal precedent and the ability to think creatively around a complex situation.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

I am very happy with Romain, in particular for his deep understanding of our complex business and for his expertise.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Romain Ferla provided a responsive service that completely met my expectations with a good level of execution and follow-up.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Romain Ferla possède un sens commercial solide, une connaissance de la jurisprudence et la capacité de réfléchir de manière créative à une situation complexe.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Romain Ferla a fourni un service réactif qui a totalement répondu à mes attentes avec un bon niveau d’exécution et de suivi.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Je trouve que travailler avec Romain est très facile car il entre directement dans les secteurs qu’il a besoin d’analyser. Il est très pragmatique et concret est son approche.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Je suis très heureux de Romain, en particulier pour sa compréhension approfondie de notre métier complexe et pour son expertise.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

I find working with Romain is very easy as he gets directly into the sectors that he needs to analyse. He is very pragmatic and concrete is his approach.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Romain Ferla has strong commercial judgement, a familiarity with case law and legal precedent and the ability to think creatively around a complex situation.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

I am very happy with Romain, in particular for his deep understanding of our complex business and for his expertise.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Romain Ferla provided a responsive service that completely met my expectations with a good level of execution and follow-up.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Romain Ferla possède un sens commercial solide, une connaissance de la jurisprudence et la capacité de réfléchir de manière créative à une situation complexe.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Romain Ferla a fourni un service réactif qui a totalement répondu à mes attentes avec un bon niveau d’exécution et de suivi.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Je trouve que travailler avec Romain est très facile car il entre directement dans les secteurs qu’il a besoin d’analyser. Il est très pragmatique et concret est son approche.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

Je suis très heureux de Romain, en particulier pour sa compréhension approfondie de notre métier complexe et pour son expertise.

Competition/European Law respondent
Chambers France

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