Séverine Schrameck

Séverine Schrameck’s practice focuses on EU and French competition law, including merger control, cartel investigations, market dominance cases, and State aid.

Séverine has extensive experience in all fields of competition law, including merger control, antitrust, and cartel cases before both the European Commission and the French Competition Authority (“FCA”). She recently advised Vivendi on its acquisition of Lagardère and the related EC gun jumping investigation and Veolia in a number of complex transactions, including the acquisition of Uniper Hungary. She has advised on the competition aspects of numerous cross-border transactions, such as the Veolia/Suez, Essilor/Luxottica mergers and the above-mentioned Vivendi Lagardère, as well as the FCA Elsan/HSM phase 2 merger. On the cartel front, she advised on the global cartel investigations by the European Commission into possible price-fixing in the automotive parts industry, as well as a number of cases before the FCA, including the investigation in respect of certain conduct relating to the manufacture and sale of food products in food containers that may contain or may have contained bisphenol A (“BPA”) or BPA-substitutes.

Séverine has also worked on foreign investment control, foreign subsidies regulation issues and has experience in French public law.

Séverine joined the firm as an associate in 2012 and became a partner in 2019.

Member of the Bar of Paris.

Ecole des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC Paris)

H.E.C.

2010

Université de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne

Master 2 Professionnel

2007

Université de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne

Maîtrise

2006

Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris

Sciences-Po

2005