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Osborne Clarke

Osborne Clarke

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France

4

EU, competition and distribution

Alexandre Glatz leads the competition team at Osborne Clarke, which has robust experience across the full spectrum of advisory and litigation matters. The broad practice covers merger control, antitrust investigations, competition compliance and distribution law – with a specific focus on selective distribution matters. The retail and food and beverages sectors are among the key areas of expertise for the team, which assists both French and international clients.
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Testimonials

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  • 'I would like to highlight the team's transparency on the assessment of the chances of success of a case. The team does not hesitate to advise me not to initiate proceedings if they believe it is not worth it.'
  • 'I have had the opportunity to collaborate with several lawyers in the firm, but I would particularly like to highlight Thibaut Marcerou. His approach makes him a true partner to me, with whom I have been able to build a relationship of total trust.'
  • 'Alexandre Glatz, Thibault Marcerou and Garance de Galzain - responsive, business and solutions oriented, competent, pragmatic.'
  • 'The team were very knowledgeable, and provided practical and commercial advice.'
  • 'In my opinion, the first major asset of this team is its availability, very adapted to clients' needs.'

Key clients

  • Snipes
  • FEBEA

Work highlights

Assisted Snipes in the filing with the French Competition Authority regarding the acquisition of 15 stores.
Assisted a client in a global project to set up pricing differentiation and online sales restrictions in accordance with competition rules.
Assisted a client, an online distributor based abroad, in formalising and bringing into compliance an annual framework agreement with a French supplier, in particular regarding the territoriality of the Egalim laws.
Practice head

Alexandre Glatz

Other key lawyers

Thibault Marcerou; Garance de Galzain

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