McDermott Will & Emery AARPI's EU and competition team is skilled in merger control cases and antitrust investigations and litigation at both the French and European level, drawing on the support of its Brussels office. The team also has notable strength in distribution cases and in advising major pharmaceutical sector clients on competition law issues. Frédéric Pradelles leads the Paris team, with support from Jacques Buhart (who is based part time in Brussels).
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‘Very good team. Pragmatic and professional.’
‘Frédéric Pradelles stands out.’
Key clients
- GEFCO
- Mars
- Capgemini Service/Altran Technologies
- Ardian
- LBO France Gestion
- MML Capital
- Duomed
- Radiall
- Mitsui & Co
Work highlights
- Acted for Mars PF France in litigation against Carrefour (one of its distributors) and pre-litigation proceedings against all major French retail groups (including Leclerc, Système U and Auchan) in the context of price renegotiations linked to the massive inflation and the war in Ukraine.
- Represented Altran Technologies (now Capgemini Engineering) in an investigation by the DGCCRF for infringement of the French law on payment terms.
- Advised Mitsui & Co and KDDI, two major business conglomerates in Japan, on the clearance by the FCA of the merger of their subsidiaries, Relia Inc and KDDI Evolva.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Frédéric Pradelles