Vogel & Vogel

The firm: Louis and Joseph Vogel founded Vogel & Vogel in 1990. Vogel & Vogel specialises in competition, distribution and consumer law and is now one of the leading firms in these fields. The firm has grown steadily since its establishment, and now employs 28 lawyers. It is established in Paris and Brussels.

The firm serves a varied clientele, including private and public undertakings, administrative authorities, trade associations and other legal professionals, both in France and internationally. It provides clients not only with excellent service but the best possible value for money. In recognition of the increasingly international nature of its business, the firm places great importance on being able to offer its clients an international service.

Vogel & Vogel has created an international network of excellence in competition and distribution law. The Vogel Global Competition Network (www.vogel-global.com) brings together 60 law firms specialising in competition and distribution law from around the world, selecting the best in the field from each country. The role of this unique network is to provide a global response to issues brought by the firm’s clients, to whom the national competition laws of various countries may be applicable.

Vogel & Vogel offers a number of varied services. Its knowledge management team has developed exciting new products to assist corporate lawyers: news flashes, newsletters, conferences, a specialised blog, a YouTube channel, access to its document library, a collection of legal textbooks in both paper or digital format, and the Vogel Academy which provides online training sessions in competition, regulation, distribution and consumer law allowing counsel to update and consolidate their knowledge and stay ahead of their game.

Vogel & Vogel offers a number of digital tools adapted to today’s environment: a new database for use by in-house counsel; a decision support system for accelerated analysis of legal risk; and predictive justice products to save time and enhance performance, analyse risks and optimise litigation strategy – for example, an algorithm calculates probabilities for dispute resolution and identifies the best arguments in the firm’s areas of expertise. Vogel & Vogel offers artificial intelligence products based on an analysis of the case law. The firm is able to produce legal decisions which are representative of the decision-making of the courts and authorities and a mathematical analysis of risk is presented in the form of a graphical visualisation of probability distributions (risk of sanction, likely amount of fine, etc.) based on criteria entered by the user and providing virtually instantaneous results.

Areas of practice: Vogel & Vogel is a firm highly specialised in all areas of French and European competition, distribution and consumer law. It comprises nine dedicated teams (each composed of at least one partner working with one or several associates). The firm’s field of intervention covers a broad range of practices and matters (antitrust/restrictive practices/regulation/distribution law/advising business clients faced with legal action from consumers).

Its highly specialised teams handle all aspects of competition, distribution and consumer law. They provide a comprehensive service ranging from advice and litigation to compliance and lobbying, enabling lawyers to provide optimal and tailored solutions. The teams operate in rotation thus ensuring the development of across-the-board know-how and competencies resulting in the innovative and proactive handling of cases.

Dedicated teams
Competition/regulation

• 5 teams, each composed of a manager and one or several associates;
• Sectors: administrations - insurance - aeronautics - food - flavors - automotive - banking - buildings and public works -  chemicals - cycles and motorcycles - electricity – energy - footwear and textiles - toys - hotels and restaurants - agricultural machinery - pharmaceuticals - perfumes and cosmetics - media - leisure - luxury - telecommunications - transport - wholesale.

Expertise: Abuse of dominant position, anti-dumping actions, state aids, unfair competition, merger control, dawn raids, cartels, competition training and auditing / compliance, free movement of  establishment, restrictive practices / price transparency, regulation.

Distribution

• 1 team composed of a manager and several associates.
• Sectors: aeronautics - agri-food - flavors - automotive - shoes and textiles - chemicals - electricity - toys - agricultural machinery - perfumes and cosmetics - pharmaceuticals - luxury - telecommunications.

Expertise: commercial agency / commission, automotive distribution, exclusive distribution / exclusive supply or brand, qualitative and/or quantitative selective distribution, franchising.

Consumer law

• 3 teams each composed of an associate and a manager, including two senior managers.
• Sectors: aeronautics - automobile - buses - trucks - shipbuilding - cycles and motorcycles - energy - industrial installations - agricultural machinery - maritime transport

Expertise: recall actions, accompaniment of criminally prosecuted managers, after-sales, defense to consumer associations regarding alleged abusive clauses, defense of class-actions and actions for damages, expert opinions, unfair commercial practices, advertising and sales promotion, product liability.