Frédéric de Bure
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Client SatisfactionCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's EU and competition team has a stellar reputation for handling high-profile global merger control cases on behalf of major French and international clients; standout recent matters include successfully advising Vivendi on a phase II merger investigation by the European Commission. The team is equally adept in significant cartel and abuse of dominance investigations and litigation, with experience of appearing before the French and EU courts. Séverine Schrameck and Frédéric de Bure, who has notable strength in investigations by antitrust authorities in the technology and defence sectors, are the leading figures in the Paris office, while Brussels-based Antoine Winckler and François-Charles Laprévote also lend their expertise to the practice. Stéphanie Patureau provides key support, particularly in complex cartel cases.
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‘The quality of the drafting is higher than that of competitors. In the relationship with the client, the CGSH teams are fully integrated into the problem and are proactive in the search for solutions. Their expertise is respected by the competition authorities. The team has a strong legal logic and total mastery of business situations.’
‘Séverine Schrameck exudes great positivity and knows how to make messages simple in both English and French. It inspires confidence. Frédéric de Bure represents more quiet strength. It inspires reliability. The team leave no blind spots.’
Key clients
- Airbus
- Canal +
- CVC
- Elsan
- GlobalFoundries
- KKR
- Lactalis
- MBDA
- Ortec
- Tech Data
- Valeo
- Veolia Environnement
- Vivendi
- Whirlpool
Work highlights
- Representing Vivendi in connection with the merger control aspects of its proposed acquisition of sole control over Lagardère.
- Representing a multinational beverage company in an FCA investigation in respect of certain conduct relating to the manufacture and sale of food products in food containers that may contain or may have contained bisphenol A (BPA) or BPA-substitutes.
- Representing Veolia Environnement in the merger control aspects related to the acquisition of Suez by Veolia, including the implementation of the set of remedies agreed with the European Commission.
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Séverine Schrameck
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Frédéric de Bure, Séverine Schrameck, François-Charles Laprévote, Antoine Winckler