Ms Charlotte Colin-Dubuisson > Linklaters > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Linklaters
25 RUE DE MARIGNAN
75008 PARIS
France

Work Department

Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group

Position

Charlotte specialises in EU and French competition law, advising on the full range of competition-related issues with a specific focus on vertical restraints and cartels. She also has significant experience in advising clients on pivotal merger control aspects of M&A transactions, both at French and global levels.

Charlotte has been involved in major antitrust cases before the French Competition Authority and Paris Court of Appeal (including in the petfood, optical retail, yoghurt, poultry and IT distribution) and before the European Commission (in the auto parts sector). She has in-depth knowledge of vertical restraints, with specific experience in advising clients from the setting-up of a distribution network to assisting them in the framework of antitrust investigations by antitrust authorities. She co-leads the firm’s Vertical Steering Committee, which is dedicated to vertical restraints questions within Linklaters’ Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group.

On a standalone basis or in the context of antitrust investigations, Charlotte also regularly assists clients with their compliance programmes, including conducting compliance audits and making full use of eDiscovery and other legal tech tools to expedite processes. She has advised clients in the FMCG, optical retail, automotive, luxury and transport sectors.

Before joining Linklaters in 2011, Charlotte intervened in emblematic resale price maintenance cases before the French Competition Authority and the Paris Court of Appeal in the perfumes and toy sectors as well as French cartel cases in the construction and road signalling sectors.

Career

2011-present: Linklaters

2008-2011: Jeantet

Memberships

Charlotte is an active member of the French Association of Competition Law Practitioners (APDC) and lectures on competition law at Sciences Po Paris and Paris Panthéon Assas.

She often speaks at webinars on competition law, including speaking on recent trends in competition law and digital markets at a webinar organized by Epiq, the legal process outsourcing provider.

Charlotte also regularly writes articles, clients alerts and contributes to the practice LinkingCompetition blog.

Education

Charlotte holds a master’s in law degree from Paris Ouest University, a master’s in European and international business law from Paris Dauphine University and a master of laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lawyer Rankings

France > EU, competition and distribution

(Next Generation Partners)

Charlotte Colin-Dubuisson – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Demonstrating significant strength in the highly regulated energy, telecoms, transport and media sectors, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP houses a wide-ranging EU and competition practice encompassing merger control, behavioural and litigation, and state aid matters. On the merger control front, the team is particularly experienced in multi-jurisdictional cases (and related foreign investment control), while on the contentious side the team has recently appeared in high-profile proceedings before the FCA and the French courts, including successfully defending Volvo and Renault Trucks against follow-on damages claims before the Commercial Court of Lyon. Jérôme Philippe, who is based in Paris and Brussels, leads the team and also co-heads the regulatory practice. Charlotte Colin-Dubuisson was a new arrival in early 2024.