We provide a tailor-made, technical and pragmatic assistance, both in advice and litigation.

We intervene before the competition authorities and competent courts, French and European, in particular in matters of:

• Merger control
• Anti-competitive practices (agreements, abuse of dominant position and economic dependence)
• Search and seizure operations (Dawn raids)
• Horizontal and vertical agreements, non-competition and territorial and/or customer exclusivity clauses
• Unfair competition (parasitism, diversion of customers, poaching)

We assist our clients in the development and implementation of their European and national distribution policy, and in particular in terms of:

• Drafting of contracts (supply, referencing, distribution, sales commission, brokerage, business provider)
• Annual negotiations, Single Agreement, General Conditions of Sale and/or Purchase, Practices restricting competition (significant imbalances, sudden termination of established commercial relations, delistings)
• Commercial agents
• Online distribution
• Administrative controls (contract formalization, invoicing rules, payment terms)

We intervene more and more in consumer law given its growing importance and the constant reinforcement of sanctions and the means of the agents of the DGCCRF and its decentralized services, and in particular in terms of:

• Business practices (unfair/deceptive practices, advertising, sales promotions)
• Product labeling, consumer information
• Product compliance and safety (risk assessment, compliance with standards, certification, health and food safety, recall and withdrawal procedures)
• Administrative controls