BDGS Associés

Competition and regulatory

Partner advising French and international companies on all aspects of competition law: merger control, anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominant position, private enforcement, State aid and distribution law. His practice encompasses counselling as well as litigation before the European and French competition authorities and courts across an array of economic sectors.

He has recently advised Carrefour on its acquisitions of Cora/Match and Casino stores and Séché Environnement on the competition law aspects of its acquisition of Groupe Flamme, a company active in the waste management sector. He has also recently represented a company involved in the first case before the French Competition Authority in which criminal and competition proceedings were conducted in parallel, raising significant due process issues. François regularly acts in the energy sector and has also advised several investment funds on merger control and FDI filings for various acquisitions.

François began his career in 2006 at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Paris and Brussels) where he was promoted counsel. He was then partner at Baker McKenzie, before joining BDGS Associés as partner in 2024.

French and English

Paris Bar (2006).

ESSEC (2006)

LL.M. from King’s College London (2004)

Master’s Degree in Business and Tax Law, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas (2001)