EU, competition and distribution

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Client Satisfaction

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton‘s Paris team is capable of handling the full scope of complex competition matters at both French and European levels, frequently working in conjunction with the firm’s Brussels office. The team’s recent caseload includes several high-profile merger control matters before the FCA and EC, as well as sensitive cartel and abuse of dominance investigations and litigation. The firm has a strong presence in the technology sector, but its broad client base includes prominent domestic and international companies in the aviation, retail and media spheres, among others. Practice heads Séverine Schrameck and Frédéric de Bure have excellent records in both merger control and antitrust investigations and litigation. Stéphanie Patureau is another name to note. François-Charles Laprévote, Anita Magraner and Antoine Winckler are the key contacts in Brussels.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

'The team brings together the best specialists in France and certainly in Europe.'
'In addition to its technical expertise, Cleary Gottlieb's competition team is recognized for the quality of its advice in complex matters and its efficiency. It is a privilege to be represented by Cleary Gottlieb's competition team.'
'Frédéric de Bure is one of the best lawyers in Europe of his generation in European competition law. In addition to his technical mastery of cases, his finesse in negotiations is impressive. It is absolutely fantastic to work with him on a complex competition law matter; we have total trust in him.'

Key clients

Vivendi
Auchan
AIRBUS
Warner Music Group
Whirlpool
Broadcom
Kering
Veolia
Latour Capital
Decathlon
Groupe Louis Delhaize
TD SYNNEX

Work highlights

Representing Vivendi in connection with the European Commission gun jumping investigation opened on July 25, 2023, in the context of the acquisition of Lagardère by Vivendi.
Representing Veolia in connection with several merger projects, in particular, the EU Commission merger control and FSR filings relating to Veolia's acquisition of Uniper Hungary.
Representing Airbus in connection with the merger control aspects of the parallel acquisitions by Boeing and Airbus of Spirit AeroSystems, a major worldwide supplier of aerostructures.