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Dominique Brault

Former Of Counsel

Over 48 years of civil service, at the DGCCRF and the Commission de la Concurrence in particular, and subsequently as a lawyer, Dominique Brault has played an invaluable role in the conception and drafting of competition rules and their application by public authorities and companies. His eight years of teaching as an associate professor at the University of Paris 5 René Descartes, frequent participations in international cooperation projects and numerous books and articles are a testament to his great interest in competition law and policy. Dominique left retired from Herbert Smith Paris in May 2011.

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5395 Bulletin

Dominique Brault, Romain Maulin The Paris Court of Appeal holds that the definition of the relevant market requires a specific assessment in cases involving a company providing a service of general economic interest (Vedettes inter-îles vendéennes)

9 June 2009 2676

In a ruling of 9 June 2009 , the Paris Court of Appeal (the “Court of Appeal”) dismissed an appeal brought by the company Vedettes Inter-iles vendéennes (“VIIV”) against the French Competition Council (the “Council”) decision dated 23 December 2004. The period of 5 years between the decision and the (...)

Dominique Brault, Milena Sabeva The French Supreme Court dismisses the appeal of the French Minister of the Economy and confirms the Paris Court of Appeal’s decision on the absence of evidence proving the market-sharing agreement (Devin Lemarchand Environnement and Dehe TP)

16 December 2008 1383

On 16 December 2008, the French Supreme Court (the "Supreme Court") dismissed the appeal of the French Minister of the Economy (the "Minister") against a decision of the Paris Court of Appeal (the "Court of Appeal") which overturned a decision of the French Competition Council (the "Council") (...)

Dominique Brault, Milena Sabeva The Paris Court of Appeal overturns the French Competition Council decision fining construction firms for bid-rigging (Devin Lemarchand Environnement / Dehe TP)

15 January 2008 1336

On 15 January 2008, the Paris Court of Appeal overturned decision n° 07-D-01 of the French Competition Council (the "Council") regarding practices in the market for public water supply networks in the department of Morbihan. The Council had fined three construction firms, Dehe TP, Devin (...)

3766 Review

Dominique Brault, Laurence Idot Dominique Brault (Herbert Smith): Competition policy and the changes and evolution of French State and its economy trough the 80s’

September 2015 1150

Interview conducted by Laurence Idot, Professor, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Member, College of the French Competition Authority, Paris. L.I.: Could you retrace your entire career, since most of our readers knew you after 1986 as a lawyer, a professor, or even President of the AFEC? (...)

Dominique Brault, Romain Maulin French settlement procedure: An indisputable success

May 2011 2616

Ten years after the introduction of the settlement procedure and pending new procedural notices from the French Competition Authority, we have analysed past decisions of the Authority and the case law of the review courts with a view to assessing the implementation and consequences of this (...)