Europe - France

Norton Rose Fulbright

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Representing major French and international clients in the pharmaceuticals, energy, food and beverages, and financial sectors, Norton Rose Fulbright demonstrates strength in cartel investigations and litigation before the French and European courts and competition authorities. The team also handles merger control notifications (including to the Moroccan Competition Council) and advising on distribution and compliance issues. An expert in the life sciences sector, Marta Giner Asins leads both the French and Moroccan competition teams.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is professional, pleasant and collaborative.’

  • ‘Very competent, available and agile. They know when to involve the different members of the team depending on the different stages of a file, particularly in terms of seniority. Billing on a fixed price basis which allows for effective cost control. Furthermore, the involvement of each member of the team makes it possible to optimize costs.’

Key clients

  • Pfizer
  • HSBC
  • Sanofi
  • TotalEnergies
  • Microsoft
  • Yazaki
  • Medtronic
  • Moët Hennessy
  • Carlsberg
  • Roche Diagnostic

Work highlights

  • Acted for HSBC before the European Court of Justice in the landmark Euribor cartel case.
  • Representing Carlsberg and its French subsidiary Kronenbourg in the context of ongoing proceedings before the FCA for alleged participation in an anticompetitive agreement with numerous other companies and professional organizations not to communicate on the absence of bisphenol A (BPA) in their products.
  • Assisting Microsoft’s EMEA competition law team with competition compliance issues.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Marta Giner Asins

Other key lawyers

Arnaud Sanz, Michel Pflieger