BDGS Associés

Competition & Regulatory

Partner specialising in all aspects of French and EU competition law with significant expertise in anticompetitive practices, complex merger transactions, damage claims and distribution law in a wide array of industries, before the French and European courts and authorities.

Recent work includes advising: La Banque Postale on the creation of a joint-venture combining the asset management activities of Ostrum Asset Management (Group BPCE) and of La Banque Postale Asset Management; La Poste and La Banque Postale on the merger control aspects of the French government’s plan to create a major public financial centre; Carrefour on its joint purchasing alliance with Système U in the mass retail sector; Crédit Agricole Assurances (Predica) on its acquisition of joint control over several power plants alongside Engie and Mirova; and OpenGate Capital investment funds on several acquisitions.

Prior to joining BDGS Associés as partner in January 2016, Jérôme worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP’s Paris office (2001-2004 and 2010-2015) and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP’s Paris and London offices (2005-2009).

French and English

Association des Avocats Pratiquant le Droit de la Concurrence.

Paris Bar (2002) LLM in corporate and commercial law from the University of London (1998) Master's degree in private law from Paris I Sorbonne University (1996)