Ms Yelena Trifounovitch > Bredin Prat > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Bredin Prat
53 QUAI D'ORSAY
75007 PARIS
France
Yelena Trifounovitch photo

Work Department

Competition and EU Law

Position

Partner

Career

Yelena Trifounovitch, Partner at Bredin Prat, is a member of the Competition team.

She has significant experience in French and European competition law (cartels, abuse of dominant position, merger control, State aid) with an advisory and litigation practice before French and European competition authorities and courts.

She has also developed specific expertise in the areas of public economic law and regulated sectors and in particular in electronic communications, audiovisual media services, television broadcasting services, airport management and energy sectors.

Languages

French, English, Bulgarian, Serbian

Memberships

Admitted to the Paris Bar (2007)

Education

Yelena Trifounovitch holds post-graduate law degrees from the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas (DESS in European business law, 2004; Maîtrise in European law, 2003).

She is fluent in French, English, Bulgarian and Serbian.

Lawyer Rankings

France > EU, competition and distribution

(Leading partners)

Yelena TrifounovitchBredin Prat

Bredin Prat stands out for its impressively deep bench and broad expertise, which allows the firm to cover the full range of EU, competition and distribution matters and consistently take on the most complex and strategic cases in the French market. The team remains the first port of call for leading French and international clients, drawing on a wealth of experience in high-profile merger control cases before the FCA and EC; cartel, vertical restraints and abuse of dominance investigations by the national and European authorities; follow-on damages actions; and state aid. A group of well-regarded partners – Olivier Billard, Igor Simic, Marie-Cécile Rameau, Yelena Trifounovitch, Pierre Honoré and Arthur Helfer – leads the practice, with caseloads that run the gamut of competition law. Yohann Chevalier and Sophie Troussard-Fauré provide capable support.

Paris > Droit européen, concurrence et distribution

(Les grands avocats du marché)

Yelena TrifounovitchBredin Prat

Bredin Prat dispose d’un large effectif et d’une expertise très complète, couvrant l’ensemble des problématiques de droit européen, de la concurrence et de la distribution. Le cabinet est mandaté pour gérer les dossiers les plus complexes et stratégiques du marché français par de grands clients français et internationaux. Il intervient dans de grands dossiers emblématiques et stratégiques devant l’Autorité de la Concurrence française ou la Commission Européenne en matière de contrôle de concentrations, d’enquêtes de cartels, de restrictions verticales, d’abus de position ou d’aides d’état. Les recours indemnitaires de droit de la concurrence sont également traités.  La pratique est codirigée par un sextet de haut niveau, composé d’  Olivier BillardIgor SimicMarie-Cécile RameauYelena TrifounovitchPierre Honoré et Arthur Helfer . Yohann Chevalier et Sophie Troussard-Fauré  méritent également une mention.