Competition and Distribution

Emmanuelle van den Broucke is a Partner in Competition Law and Distribution Law.

In Competition Law, Emmanuelle van den Broucke assists and advises clients on merger controls (France, the European Commission, Morocco and the coordination of multi-jurisdictional notifications), anti-competitive practices (both in counseling and in defending clients in proceedings before the French Competition Authority, the European Commission and the French and European Courts) or for State aid.

She also conducts competition audits, implements compliance programs at her clients' premises and works closely with other Dentons lawyers on compliance or risk issues. She has an excellent knowledge of the life sciences and pharmaceutical sector, as well as the luxury and food sectors.

Emmanuelle has thorough expertise in the French regulation of restrictive practices, advising clients on the negotiation and implementation of annual framework agreements and conditions of sale as well as compliance of their business practices in accordance with their commercial practices with regard to the provisions of the French Commercial Code or specific regulations to certain products.

She is also regularly consulted for the establishment of distribution networks (exclusive/selective/franchise/sales agents/other), including the drafting and negotiation of distribution agreements of all types as well as assisting clients in the event of their violation.

Joined Dentons (formerly Salans) in 2004, Partner since 2008 Associate at Shearman & Sterling (1999 - 2004)

English, French

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1999 Member of the French Association of Lawyers in Competition Practice (APDC) and Member of the AFEC (Association Française d’Etude de la Concurrence)

University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne, D.E.S.S. in Internal Market Law (1997) University of Nantes, Maîtrise in Community Law (1995)