Naugès heads to McDermott

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Sabine Naugès
McDermott Will & Emery has hired Sabine Naugès as a partner in the firm’s Paris antitrust practice. She joins from Weil Gotshal & Manges.

Canal Plus buyouts at risk as remedies ruled insufficient

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Canal Plus is planning to enter the free-TV market
France’s Competition Authority has opened an in-depth investigation of Canal Plus’s acquisition of several TV companies, rejecting commitments by the broadcaster as insufficient in addressing competition concerns.

Norton Rose promotes worldwide

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Anthony Crane and Marta Giner
Norton Rose has promoted Marta Giner and Anthony Crane as partners in its Paris and Johannesburg competition practices.

France queries competition in car parts industry

Thursday, 12 April 2012

France's Competition Authority is examining the car part sector
In the preliminary findings of a sector inquiry, France’s Competition Authority has found that the country’s car parts and vehicle repair market is affected by significant restrictions to competition.

France obtains inter-bank fee removal

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

The Fédération Bancaire Française groups large French banks
France’s largest banks have offered to abolish certain inter-bank fees within two years to settle proceedings by France’s Competition Authority and avoid incurring more fines on top of the €385 million penalty currently being considered in court.

France Télécom offers remedies in abuse probe

Thursday, 05 April 2012

France is considering commitments by France Telecom
France Télécom has offered commitments to address France’s Competition Authority’s concerns that it may be squeezing its competitors’ profit margins in the market for internet connections.

France appeals against bank cartel judgment

Wednesday, 28 March 2012

France's Competition Authority appealed at the Court of Cassation
France’s Competition Authority has appealed against the Paris Court of Appeal’s decision to overturn a €385 million fine the authority imposed on 11 banks for price fixing.

France accepts divestments in Saint-Gobain/Brossette

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Saint Gobain bought Wolseley's subsidiaries in France and UK
France’s Competition Authority has approved building material group Saint-Gobain’s acquisition of plumbing and heating distributor Brossette, but asked the buyer to sell several stores to address local competition concerns.

In the public eye

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

As lawyers reflect on 25 years of competition enforcement in France, Faaez Samadi explores the pivotal role played by the authority’s sitting president, Bruno Lasserre, in advancing a modern competition agenda

France’s competition bar

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

A fiercely competitive market means French antitrust practices must remain active and dynamic to ensure a plentiful supply of work. Faaez Samadi looks at the firms most suited to life on a tough playing field

An interview with Bruno Lasserre

Tuesday, 27 March 2012

France’s Competition Authority last month celebrated its 25th anniversary. David Vascott met authority head Bruno Lasserre in Paris to find out how the enforcer is doing after a quarter of a century

France penalises pet food makers

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Royal Canin is one of the brands implicated
France’s Competition Authority has fined the pet food subsidiaries of Nestlé, Mars Incorporated and Colgate-Palmolive more than €35 million for restricting competition in the markets for dried food for cats and dogs.

France busts flour cartel

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

France has fined 17 millers a total of €242 million
France’s Competition Authority has fined 17 flour producers €242 million for cartel and other anti-competitive agreements to fix the price of flour, including arrangements to divide the market between France and Germany.

DG-Comp orders €642 million state aid payback

Monday, 12 March 2012

Sernam must repay €642 million in state aid
French transport and logistics company Sernam must repay €642 million in state aid after the European Commission found that it had repeatedly breached conditions attached to the grant.

France sanctions endive cartel

Wednesday, 07 March 2012

France has sanctioned 17 companies involved in alleged endive price-fixing
France’s Competition Authority (FCA) has fined an endive cartel €3.65 million, and issued a reminder that the agriculture sector is not immune to competition law.

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