LPA Law is continuing to develop its competition practice under the leadership of Marco Plankensteiner, seeing strong recent activity in antitrust investigations and litigation, as well as merger control, FDI and FSR filings. Stephan Lesage-Mathieu and Xavier Clédat head the distribution side of the practice, with robust experience in both distribution contract negotiations and related disputes.
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Key clients
- Eiffage SA
- Eiffage Infrastructures
- Eiffage Energie Systèmes
- Eiffage Energie Systèmes – Clemessy
- APRR – AREA
- Allianz Trade (Euler Hermès)
- Syensqo
- Solvay
- Bred
- Trodat/Trotec Group
Work highlights
Defending a subsidiary of a major French construction group in connection with the appeal against the decision of the Andalusian Competition Authority before the Court of Appeal of Sevilla imposing a fine for bid rigging.
Advising BRED Banque Populaire in connection with the notification of its acquisition, indirectly through its wholly owned subsidiary COFIBRED, of sole control of BFV - Société Générale Madagascar from Société Générale to the Madagascar Competition Authority and the COMESA Competition Commission.
Advising APRR in connection with antitrust issues raised by the implementation of the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS).
Practice head
Marco Plankensteiner; Stephan Lesage-Mathieu; Xavier Clédat
Other key lawyers
Pauline Dessevre; Alice Mollot