BDGS Associés

Competition & Regulatory

Partner specialising in all aspects of French and EU competition law with a specific focus on state aid, complex merger control and antitrust litigation. Advises French and international clients in a broad range of sectors, including regulated industries such as transport, telecom, and financial services.

Recent work includes advising: Engie on the stock market battle over the acquisition of Suez by Veolia; the French government regarding aid measures granted to Air France-KLM; Carrefour on various antitrust and merger issues; SNCF on State aid and merger issues; France’s main banks in litigation proceedings before the European Court of Justice against a series of ECB and SRB decisions; the Federation du commerce et de la distribution before the French Competition Authority and CMA CGM on several recent acquisitions, including Bolloré Logistics in 2023, as well as diverse antitrust and regulatory issues.

Antoine founded BDGS Associés in 2013 and is currently also Chairman of the Board of AXA. He was previously Deputy Managing Director of the Caisse des Dépôts (2010-2012), Deputy Director of the Prime Minister’s Cabinet (2007-2010), and partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel’s Brussels office (2002-2007).

French, English, and Spanish

Paris (2002) and Brussels Bars (2002) Graduate of ENA (Promotion L. Gambetta - 1993) Graduate of Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris Postgraduate degree in banking and finance from Paris IX Dauphine University (1990)

Paris (2002) and Brussels Bars (2013). ENA (Class year L. Gambetta, 1993), Postgraduate Degree in Banking and Finance from University Paris IX Dauphine (1990).