ExxonMobil on the conditional phase II clearance from the Italian Competition Authority for the disposal of Exxon’s Italian downstream fuels business to Italiana Petroli (API).
CMA CGM on global merger control clearances for its acquisition of GEFCO. (previous firm experience).
Ardian on the Phase II investigation in front of the French Competition Authority for its acquisition of Société du Pipeline Rhône-Méditerranée, and subsequent appeal to the French Administrative Supreme Court. (previous firm experience).
Essilor in obtaining unconditional Phase II EC approval for its merger with Luxottica. (previous firm experience).
Air France in securing multi-billion euro aid packages from the French government, in successive steps, in the context of the Covid-19 crisis. (previous firm experience).
Merger control:
ExxonMobil on the conditional phase II clearance from the Italian Competition Authority for the disposal of Exxon’s Italian downstream fuels business to Italiana Petroli (API).
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on the merger control and FDI aspects of the acquisition of Mubadala’s 24.9% controlling stake in OMV.
CMA CGM on global merger control clearances for its acquisition of GEFCO. (previous firm experience).
Ardian in respect of the Phase II investigation in front of the French Competition Authority for its acquisition of Société du Pipeline Rhône-Méditerranée, and subsequent appeal to the French Administrative Supreme Court. (previous firm experience).
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations in respect of global merger control clearances for its fiber network joint venture with Orange and EDF. (previous firm experience).
CMA CGM on global merger control clearances for its acquisition of CEVA Logistics. (previous firm experience).
CMA CGM on global merger control clearances for its acquisition of short-sea specialists Containerships and OPDR. (previous firm experience).
Essilor in obtaining unconditional Phase II EC approval for its merger with Luxottica. (previous firm experience).
Orange in respect of global merger control clearance for the setting of its procurement joint venture with Deutsche Telekom. (previous firm experience).
CMA CGM in obtaining conditional Phase I EC clearance for its acquisition of NOL. (previous firm experience).
Antitrust Investigations and Litigation:
Orange before the Paris Court of Appeals and French Court of Cassation in various damage claims. (previous firm experience).
CMA CGM in investigations with respect to alleged anticompetitive practices (price signaling). (previous firm experience).
Credit Mutuel in its challenge of the French Competition Authority decision fining 11 banks for having colluded during the transition to a new digital system for processing checks. (previous firm experience).
EDF in an antitrust investigation by the French Competition Authority in connection with solar energy. (previous firm experience).
CMA CGM in an antitrust investigation related to freight transport services between Europe and the French West Indies. (previous firm experience).
State aid:
Air France in securing multi-billion euro aid packages from the French government, in successive steps, in the context of the Covid-19 crisis. (previous firm experience).
CCR in successfully defending the compatibility of the unlimited State guarantee against SCOR. (previous firm experience).