Victor Levy
Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLPHogan Lovells (Paris) LLP houses a strong merger control practice, with excellent experience of advising on notifications for major transactions to the FCA and EC, as well as working alongside the firm’s international offices to handle filings in other jurisdictions. The team also has notable expertise in antitrust investigations and in proceedings before the courts and competition authorities, including in high-profile recent cartel cases. Eric Paroche, whose broad practice takes in merger control and FDI filings, antitrust proceedings and state aid, leads the department. Victor Levy, who is particularly active in antitrust litigation, and Céline Verney are also key members of the team.
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‘Hogan's competition team stands out for its extensive legal expertise, which it uses to establish intelligent and skilful strategies. Collaboration with the team is simple and fluid. The team quickly identifies the strategic issues of cases, particularly in the context of M&A transactions. This is a team capable of advancing or unblocking complex situations before the competition authorities. The humility of the team members is also appreciated.’
‘Eric Paroche is an exceptional practitioner who knows how to combine his expertise in the field with a consistently pragmatic approach and can place himself in the mind of a supervisory authority to advance cases in the client's interest. Victor Levy can also be recommended for his unfailing expertise in competition law.’
‘Without hesitation, I would recommend Victor Levy, who has unrivalled, high-level analytical abilities, coupled with a capacity for a detailed understanding of his client's field and, the cherry on the cake, a real skill in simplifying topics in the best sense of the term!’
‘Great legal expertise and knowledge of business issues. Advice tailored to the client's needs and background. The team is attentive to the client on issues related to invoicing. Flexibility, availability and responsiveness.’
‘We are delighted to work with and benefit from the advice of Eric Paroche, Céline Verney and Victor Levy, who form a very complementary team and are experts in competition law. All three are attentive to the client, responsive and very flexible.’
‘Responsive, solution-oriented and very skilful.’
‘Eric Paroche and Victor Levy work very well together, and are accessible, available and inventive in the search for solutions.’
‘A small but agile team. Its strength lies in its ability to listen to and understand the client, the quality of the work provided and the very high level of availability and responsiveness.’
Key clients
- Amazon
- Akiolis
- Aéroports de Paris
- TDF
- Verkor
- Jeumont Electric
- Andera Partners / Platinum Group
- EDF / Siemens Energy / Nebras Power / QuWatt
- Dyneff
- Towerbrook
- April
- Orsted
- Ardian – Vulcain
Work highlights
- Represented Amazon in a EUR 800 million antitrust dispute against Canal+ and beIN before the Paris Court of Appeals, after the French Professional Football League awarded to Amazon, for the first time, around 80% of French football championship TV rights for three seasons.
- Advising Andera Partners on the merger control aspects and the filing to the French Competition Authority of the sale of one of the foremost independent French jewellery manufacturers in France, Platinum Invest/Orest, to LVMH, the leading luxury group, which owns both manufacturers and distributors of jewellery under the brands Tiffany, Chaumet and Bulgari.
- Advising Jeumont Electric, an OEM specialized in electrical equipment for the nuclear civil industry and nuclear defence industry, in the merger control filings to the European Commission and competition authority in Morocco relating to its joint takeover by EDF and Naval Group.
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Eric Paroche