Competition, distribution

What we can do for you

  • Preparation and follow-up of merger notification files with the relevant competition authorities
  • Advice and assistance in litigation related to European or national competition law (illicit cartels, abuse of dominant position, etc.)​
  • Analysis of whether aid and subsidies granted to companies by public authorities, the French State, are licit according to European law
  • Advice and assistance in the examination of state aid by the European Commission, and representation before the European Commission and the Community and national courts when the illegality of aid is invoked
  • Advice and assistance in the negotiation and drafting of distribution contracts (franchise, sign concession, concession, etc.)
  • Advice and assistance in the context of litigation in the field of distribution law, as well as in the context of unfair competition actions

Examples of what we have done for others

  • Advice and assistance to the Groupement Les Mousquetaires (Intermarché) for the pre-notification and notification to the French Competition Authority of the acquisition of Saint Mamet
  • Advice and assistance to the Groupement Les Mousquetaires (Intermarché) in view of the pre-notification and notification to the French Competition Authority of the acquisition of the company Bricoprivé
  • Advice and assistance to a private company, owner of ferry ships and contractor in a PPP agreement, delegatee of a public service mission in the context of a financial restructuring operation in the form of a lease-back, and of projects for the financing of new ships in the light of the applicable legislation on state aid
  • Advising and assisting a leading company in its market in proceedings brought by the French Competition Authority concerning an alleged cartel in the medical devices sector
  • ​Advising and assisting a franchisee company in litigation relating to the early termination of a franchise agreement​
  • Advice and assistance to a private law company, owner of transport of passenger ships, in the context of an unfair competition action brought against a public industrial and commercial establishment

Contact(s)

Olivier De Chazeaux

Partner, lawyer