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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP‘s competition practice has a strong emphasis on merger control, with the team frequently advising on proceedings at both French and European level, as well as notifications to competition authorities around the world in relation to global transactions. The team also has notable expertise on the litigation front, handling cartel and abuse of dominance investigations and private competition enforcement cases. Practice head Romain Ferla has excellent experience in merger control, behavioural investigations and state aid.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team led by Romain Ferla is very agile and knows how to perfectly adapt to the specific concerns of a file. He is responsive and meets deadlines perfectly.’
  • ‘Romain Ferla: perfect mastery of concentration control, substantive issues as well as procedure, responsive and attentive.’
  • ‘Exceptional quality firm, among the best on the market. Very relevant on operations of significant size, capable of addressing the most complex subjects with confidence and efficiency. Real deal strategy and full support including coordination with the opposing party and advice.’

  • ‘Perfect service, attentive team and very good level of support.'

  • ‘Very good team for evaluating declarations or authorization requests from authorities (competition).’
  • ‘Romain Ferla and his team for their expertise and network’
  • ‘Good understanding of the very complex technical aspects of our files. Quality of the analysis and possible legal options, with risks and weaknesses. Pugnacity'

Key clients

  • 3i
  • Advent / Cobham
  • Ambienta
  • CDC / SNCF
  • Famille C
  • Hype
  • Kaléi
  • Kartesia
  • Luxempart
  • Paprec
  • Seven2
  • Sidenor

Work highlights

  • Advised and assisted Seven2 and its portfolio company Crystal in the French merger control procedure relating to the acquisition of Primonial Ingénierie & Developpement (PID) by Crystal, and in the EU merger control procedure relating to the sale of Crystal-PID to Goldman Sachs.
  • Advised Advent and its portfolio company Cobham Aero Communication the sale of Cobham Aero Communication to Thales, which triggered several merger control procedures (in France, Brazil and South Africa).
  • Represented Kaléi in the follow-on antitrust private enforcement procedures initiated against Kaléi and three of its members by approximately 300 French hospitals using PVC flooring products.

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Romain Ferla