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Antitrust cases are a key pillar of the practice at Grall & Associés, which is frequently called upon by leading French and international clients to assist them in dawn raids and sensitive, high-profile cartel and abuse of dominance investigations by the FCA and EC. The team plays a prominent role in antitrust litigation before France’s highest courts, including complex follow-on damages claims. In addition, the firm stands out for its strong expertise in distribution law and is active in merger control. The highly experienced Jean-Christophe Grall, Charles-Henri Calla, who has wide-ranging competition law experience, Thomas Lamy and Nathalia Kouchnir-Cargill lead the team. Patrice Boulkeroua is also noted.

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Testimonials

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  • "An extremely solid, competent, pragmatic, and expert team."
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  • "Charles-Henri Calla and Patrice Boulkeroua stand out for their expertise, accessibility, and very close client support. It's a real pleasure to watch them plead as well."
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  • "Excellent team. Strong technically and very good commercially."
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  • "Charles-Henri Calla. An extraordinary lawyer with a lot of experience."
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Key clients

  • Association des Brasseurs de France
  • De Neuville
  • FEDALIM
  • Lactalis group
  • MOM Group
  • Optic 2000 / Gadol
  • Riva group
  • Tereos group
  • Savencia group
  • Stellantis group

Work highlights

  • Assisting a leading international group operating in the perfume and fragrance industry in the investigations currently conducted by the European Commission and the COMCO in this sector.
  • Successfully represented the FEDALIM (the association grouping professional federations and unions of the main food producers in France) and Brasseurs de France (the federation of French brewers) before the FCA in the highly sensitive case involving an alleged Bisphenol A collusion in the food canning sector.
  • Representing De Neuville before the French Competition Authority, which has imposed a fine of € 4,068 million for allegedly implementing practices aimed at restricting the online selling of De Neuville brand chocolates by its franchisees, on the one hand, and sales by the latter to professional customers, on the other.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Charles-Henri Calla, Jean-Christophe Grall, Nathalia Kouchnir-Cargill, Thomas Lamy

Other key lawyers

Patrice Boulkeroua