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COMPETITION - DISTRIBUTION

Partner

Jean-Louis Fourgoux has extensive expertise in competition, distribution, and consumer law. As a specialist in economic and European law, Jean-Louis is known for his expertise in advising clients in complex litigation before the European Commission, the Competition Authority and the national commercial courts. He has particular experience in the distribution, media and energy sectors. Jean-Louis Fourgoux is a founding partner of the law firm Fourgoux, which later became Fourgoux-Djavadi & associés. He joined the Fidal network in 2019 as Partner in charge of the competition law department and his work was recognized by Chambers at that time. He holds a postgraduate degree in business and economic law from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and is a member of both the Paris and Brussels Bars. He is a regular contributor for Dalloz, Lexis-Nexis and Concurrences, as well as co-author of the Practical Guide to Competition, author of a digital marketing law manual for Lextenso, 2021, and co-author on restrictive practice with Leyla Djavadi and Erwann Kerguelen for Concurrences, 2022. Together with Jocelyn Goubet, they have contributed to the French chapter of the Chambers Cartel book in 2020 and 2021. Former President of the French “Association française d’étude de la concurrence” (AFEC), Jean-Louis teaches competition law at Sciences Po Paris and at the University of Paris Saclay and La Rochelle.

French, English

• Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1987 • President of the French Association for the Study of Competition • Former president of the Gesica network of lawyers • Lecturer in competition law at Lawyers' training schools, Sciences-Po Paris, • • Paris Saclay University and La Rochelle University

Master of Law Paris 1 Panthéon-Assas, DEA in Business Law, Economic and European law