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Thomas Elkins

Thomas Elkins

Linklaters, France

Work Department

Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group

Position

Thomas is a partner in Linklaters’ Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group.

He has expertise in all aspects of competition law, including merger control (before the European Commission and the French Competition Authority as well as coordinating multi-jurisdictional clearances), behavioural practices (cartel and abuse of dominance cases) and private damages claims.

Thomas is a longstanding advisor to clients in the automotive, healthcare, tech and retail sectors.

Career

2007-present: Linklaters

Languages

French, English

Memberships

Thomas teaches at Sciences Po Paris. He is also an active member of the competition community in France, being a member of APDC (Association des Praticiens du Droit de la Concurrence) and AFEC (Association Française d’Etude de la Concurrence).

He is a regular contributor to the European Cartel Digest published by Kluwer.

Education

Thomas is admitted both to the Paris and the New York bars. He graduated from the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and Cornell Law School (New York). He was a laureate of the Fulbright Commission’s Georges Lurcy fellowship.

Mentions

France

EU, competition and distribution

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