Christian is an educated lawyer and economist, HEC Paris and IEP Paris. He is currently employed in the Commission Directorate General for Competition working in the field of cartel law enforcement as a case manager and a settlement officer. He has been a Commission official for 14 years mainly active in the field of competition and being notably responsible for drafting decisions in e.g. Cases Michelin and Hard haberdashery: Needles and Fasteners. He was legal secretary in the EC Court of First Instance, successively at the cabinets of President Vesterdorf, Judge Labucka and Judge Vadapalas.
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"Procter & Gamble/Gillette: the role of economic analysis in Phase I cases"* In July 2005, the European Commission has approved, subject to conditions, the acquisition of Gillette by Procter & Gamble. The merger creates one of the world’s biggest consumer goods producers with a combined (...)
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The needles case: how to find within a complex scheme of bilateral agreements, a tripartite market sharing agreement* Introduction The conduct in question, subject of the Commission decision adopted on 26 October 2004, consisted of a series of formally bilateral agreements that amounted to a (...)
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This article is a detailed analysis of European case law on exchange of information not limited to faulty practices but also taking into account exchanges likely to benefit to the consumers or to the market thanks to greater market transparency. The author provided a detail overview of various (...)
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