Lending & Secured Finance
France
01 May 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright is frequently retained by leading domestic and international companies, particularly in the life sciences sector, to advise on strategic competition matters at French and European level, with additional expertise in competition cases in Morocco. The team is currently representing clients in sensitive investigations into anticompetitive practices and private damages actions, as well as advising on multi-jurisdictional merger control cases and competition compliance. Marta Giner Asins, who also heads the life sciences practice and is a key advisor to many major pharmaceutical companies, leads the team. Arnaud Sanz provides capable support.
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Key clients
- Pfizer
- Engie
- HSBC
- Sanofi
- Certas (DCC Group)
- Hertz
- Association Interprofessionnelle de la Betterave et du Sucre (AIBS)
- Constellium
- Shell
- Carlsberg
Work highlights
Advising RTE in the context of a private action brought by E-PANGO before the Paris Commercial Court, where E-PANGO is claiming that RTE allegedly committed, together with EDF and Enedis, various abuses of dominance in the electricity sector in the market for balancing power services.
Advising Carlsberg in the context of ongoing proceedings before the French Competition Authority for alleged anticompetitive practices involving a large number of companies (including three companies of the group) and professional organizations, in multiple industries involved in the food container market.
Advising TotalEnergies in the context of the creation of a fully functioning joint venture with the French transport provider RATP, which will develop an employee benefits mobility card offering.
Lawyers
Practice head
Marta Giner Asins
Other key lawyers
Arnaud Sanz