LPA Law significantly expanded its practice with the arrival of Marco Plankensteiner from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in November 2023, combining his competition law expertise with the strong distribution practice led by Stephan Lesage-Mathieu and Xavier Clédat. The practice is now capable of covering antitrust investigations and follow-on damages claims, as well as merger control and FSR matters.
Testimonials
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‘Marco Plankensteiner is an excellent specialist in competition law. He is pragmatic and explains the issues so we can better understand the risks.’
‘Stephan Lesage-Mathieu is very available and provides effective and rapid solutions.’
‘LPA has recruited the competition team led by Marco Plankensteiner, which is a solid, close-knit team with high potential. Legally, the analyses are always rigorous, well supported and well explained. It is a very good team that we can trust.’
‘The team stands out for its quality, availability, attentiveness and very high level of technical ability in all aspects of competition law. Marco Plankensteiner and Pauline Dessevre are able to deal with complex issues with strategic vision and a perfect understanding of our company's challenges.’
‘Marco Plankensteiner is a passionate lawyer with an excellent knowledge of competition law issues and a remarkable ability to explain very complicated subjects in a simple way. Special mention also to Pauline Dessevre: always available and ready to listen, with excellent training and the ability to handle complex cases.’
‘Undeniable expertise, follow-up action, and the ability to personalise and simplify the issues.’
‘A very competent, responsive, united team, capable of adapting to all situations encountered to offer innovative solutions.’
‘Very competent, friendly, customer-orientated and focused, with good language skills.’
Key clients
- Crédit Agricole SA
- Eiffage SA
- Eiffage Infrastructures
- Eiffage Energie Systèmes – Clemessy
- Eiffage Construction
- Ceva Santé Animale
- Trodat/Trotec Group
- Crédit Lyonnais – LCL
- Luxottica Group SpA
- Syensqo
- Allianz Trade
- Scheuch
- FRANPRIX/LEADER PRICE (GROUPE CASINO)
- SFR
- ERAM
Work highlights
- Advising Eiffage Infraestructuras in connection with the appeal against a decision of the Andalusian Competition Authority (ACREA) in 2023 before the Court of Appeal of Sevilla.
- Successfully defending Crédit Agricole SA and LCL – Le Crédit Lyonnais in the cheque multilateral interbank fee case.
- Representing a major construction company in a follow-on damages lawsuit brought by various hospital centres in the Bourgogne region against manufacturers of resilient flooring before the Administrative Court of Dijon based on a decision of the French Competition Authority.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Marco Plankensteiner, Stephan Lesage-Mathieu, Xavier Clédat