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Mr Bastien Thomas
Work Department
Merger control / Anti-competitive practices / State aid Private actions Foreign investments
Position
Partner
Career
Bastien Thomas specializes in competition and distribution law and co-manages Racine’s Competition – Distribution team.
With over 15 years of experience in French and European competition law, Bastien advises both French and international companies on their antitrust, merger control, State aid and private actions issues. Bastien also specializes in foreign investment control. He regularly assists and represents his clients before the European Commission, the French Competition Authority as well as French and European courts.
His sectors of expertise include automotive, mobility, agri-food, energy, microelectronics and retail.
He has been a member of the Paris Bar in 2006 and joined Racine as Partner in 2015.
Languages
French, English, German, Italian
Memberships
Lecturer at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University in European and International Competition Law within the Master 2 “Global Business Law and Governance” (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Columbia University and Sciences Po) and the Master 2 “Economic international law” (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University)
Founding member of the State Aid Monitoring Association (Association de Suivi des Aides d’État)
Member of the Association of Competition Law Practitioners (Association des Avocats Pratiquant le Droit de la Concurrence)
Education
Master’s degree, European Business Law (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas – 2004)
Master’s degree, European Business Law (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas 2004)
ESSEC Business School (2003)
Lawyer Rankings
France > EU, competition and distribution
(Leading individuals)Racine significantly strengthened its offering in March 2023 with the addition of Guillaume Fabre, who brings notable expertise in merger control and high-profile antitrust litigation to the team, from his own practice. The firm is renowned for its expertise in state aid, where it advises on complex cases relating to technology and green energy projects, but has broad experience across merger control, antitrust cases, follow-on damages claims and distribution law (a specialist area for Sophie Pasquesoone). State aid specialist Bastien Thomas and Valérie Ledoux-Tömek are also key figures.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals France > EU, competition and distribution
- EU, competition and distribution France
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- Employment
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- EU, competition and distribution
- Insolvency
- Media and entertainment: Cinema
- Real estate
- Administrative and public law
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Private equity: LBO
- Tax