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The firm
Bredin Prat is a Paris-based law firm specialising in business law, particularly high-level mergers and acquisitions (including major French privatisations) and litigation. The Paris office has acquired widely recognised expertise in the field of domestic and EU competition law through its highly respected partners Robert Saint-Esteben and Hugues Calvet.
The Brussels office was founded in 1999. In 2003, Marc Pittie became the Brussels-based partner in charge of the office. Through his previous experience in private practice and as a clerk at the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, Marc Pittie has wide experience of international transactions, as well as behavioural cases before the European Commission and the European courts. He heads a team of five EU specialised lawyers, members of the Paris or the Brussels Bar.
The Brussels office has also developed an in-depth understanding of the internal politics of the Commission and good working relationships with its officials, as well as a strong insight into litigation before the European Community Courts.
The Brussels practice is fully integrated within the Paris office’s competition law practice group, with a total number of 16 lawyers dedicated to EU and national competition.
Areas of practice
The firm advises on all aspects of competition law, including merger control, abuse of a dominant position, cartels, state aids, regulatory matters and commercial transactions. Its Brussels-based lawyers are able to give advice and opinions on EU, French and/or Belgian law in French, English and Dutch, and can represent clients before European, as well as national, jurisdictions.
Having been involved in many major cases involving both French and multinational companies, the firm has gained special expertise in complex and highly sensitive transactions and litigation cases.
The Brussels office has acquired specific experience in the telecoms, entertainment and banking sectors as well as various industrial sectors.
Through the Paris office, the firm is able to offer a full range of services, advising on M&A and corporate, as well as tax aspects. Through its ‘Best-Friends’ network, Bredin Prat also offers assistance on an international basis, especially as regards international antitrust filings and clearances in the context of multi-jurisdictional transactions and multi-jurisdictional cartel investigations.
Languages
Dutch
English
French
Italian
Spanish
Other offices Paris
International groupings Best Friends
Number of lawyers 130
at this office 6
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