Competition law

ARAMIS assists its clients, in all areas of French and European Community competition law (anti-competitive agreements, abuses of a dominant position, state aid), representing clients within the context of administrative proceedings before the French competition authorities and the European Commission as well as in the context of litigation before the courts and the French Competition authority.

References

Merger control

  • Notification of the acquisition of Carpostal by Keolis to the French competition authority
  • Multiple notifications for the InVivo group in the agricultural sector
  • Notification of the acquisition of activities of Daher by Norbert Dentressangle to the French competition authority
  • Notification of the acquisition of Panhard by Renault Trucks to the French competition authority
  • Notification of the creation of a joint-venture between Danone and Norbert Dentressangle to the European Commission
  • Notification of the creation of a joint-venture between La Poste and Swiss Post to the European Commission
  • Notification of the creation of a joint-venture between Natixis and Rothschild to the European Commission
  • Notification of the acquisition of joint control by InVivo over RAGT Semences, in France and Germany
  • Notification of the acquisition of Benedicta by H.J. Heinz to the French authorities
  • Notification of the joint-venture Raillink created between CMA-CGM and Veolia to the European Commission

Antitrust

  • Representation of a company in the lunch voucher case before the French competition authority
  • Representation of a company in the veterinary products case before the French competition authority
  • Representation of a company in the parcels investigation case before the French competition authority
  • Representation of the Association of French Poultry Producers in the context of a cartel case before the French competition authority
  • Filing of a complaint for a French company before the French competition authority, in the field of tax software
  • Representation of Titres Cadeaux for a complaint before the French competition authority in the sector of gift cards
  • Representation of the European Commission before the Court of First Instance of the EC in the elevator cartel matter
  • Representation of a company before the French Competition Authority in the “chaufferies de Saône et Loire” matter (bid rigging)
  • Representation of a company in the agricultural sector in the context of an investigation by the French authorities (alleged vertical restraints)