Mr Arthur Helfer > Bredin Prat > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Bredin Prat
53 QUAI D'ORSAY
75007 PARIS
France
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Work Department

Public Law / Competition and EU Law

Position

Partner

Career

Arthur Helfer, Partner, is a member of the Competition & EU Law team.

He advises French and international companies before French and European regulatory authorities and courts, with a particular focus on merger control, state aid and antitrust litigation (cartels, abuse of dominant position).

His experience spans a wide variety of sectors, including telecommunications, transport, energy, agriculture and luxury goods.

He also has in-depth knowledge of French Public Law and advises clients in connection with sector-specific regulations and represents clients in litigation matters before the French administrative courts.

Arthur has given constitutional law and administrative law seminars at the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and has also lectured in public law at Sciences Po.

He served as a law clerk at the French Supreme Administrative Court (Conseil d’État) (2009-2010).

Languages

French, English, German.

Memberships

Admitted to the Paris bar in 2013

Education

Arthur is a graduate of HEC Paris (Degree in Fiscal and International Legal Strategy, 2012), the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense (Master’s degree in Public Law, 2009) and Sciences Po Paris (Master of Public Affairs, 2007).

Lawyer Rankings

France > EU, competition and distribution

Bredin Prat is renowned for the breadth and depth of its EU and competition law offering, which covers the full spectrum of merger control, cartel, vertical restraints and abuse of dominance investigations, follow-on damages actions and state aid issues. The team acts for an impressive roster of blue-chip French and international clients in cases at both the national and EU level; recent highlights include Olivier Billard and Yelena Trifounovitch‘s advice on two of the three phase II merger control matters currently pending before the FCA and Igor Simic‘s successful representation of Casino in a high-profile ECJ case. The sizeable team also includes Marie-Cécile Rameau, a key name for antitrust litigation, and Pierre Honoré and Arthur Helfer, who divide their time between Paris and Brussels.