Competition and market concentration
Anti-competitive practices:
- Anti-competitive collusion;
- Abuse of a dominant position;
- Abuse of economic dependence and excessively low prices;
- Analysis of compliance of agreements and practices with French and EU competition law (e.g. distribution agreements, horizontal cooperation agreements, information exchanges);
- Assistance during investigations, visits or “dawn raids” by French or EU competition authorities and court cases relating to same;
- Assistance if notice is served of complaints by the French competition authority (ADLC) or European Commission;
- Writing and lodging complaints with the French competition authority (ADLC) or European Commission, and support during proceedings;
- Competition audit;
- Compliance programs;
- Basic or “bespoke” training on competition law;
- Civil action on competition matters (claims for compensation before the courts).
Market concentration checks:
- Analysis of whether a planned transaction is notifiable under French or EU rules;
- Notification to the French competition authority (ADLC) or European Commission, pre-notification and monitoring of the review procedure in phases I and II;
- Coordination and monitoring of partner firms for notifications in other countries inside and/or outside the EU.
- Assistance in negotiating commitments;
- Third party representation under market concentration verification procedures involving their competitors, suppliers and distributions (responses to market questionnaires, etc.).
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