Estelle Jegou
White & Case (Paris)
Lawyer (Counsel)
Estelle Jégou is counsel in the Competition, EU Law and Economic Regulation practice of White & Case in Paris. Estelle represents and assists clients in relation to anti-competitive practices, competition litigation, merger control, antitrust risk management and distribution. Estelle has notably conducted multi-jurisdictional antitrust investigations for major international companies and regularly advises on questions of EU competition compliance, Her experience covers a wide range of sectors including banking, consumer products, luxury goods, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, energy and retail trade. She is a member of the French Association of Competition Law Practitioners (APDC). Before joining White & Case in 2016, Estelle worked for several years in the competition departments of two international law firms in Paris.
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On 23 February 2012, the Paris Court of Appeal overturned a widely publicised decision of the French Competition Authority ("FCA"), which had imposed fines totalling €385 million on 11 French banks including the Banque de France in relation to interbank fees. Background The case centres on (...)
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This case provides a further example of unconditional approval being granted by the Commission at the end of an in-depth Phase II (see also UPM/Myllukoski and Rhein Papier of 13 July 2011, case no. COMP/M. 6101; Seagate/Samsung hard disk reader business of 19 October 2011, case (...)
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On 27 January 2009 , the French Competition Council (the "Council") fined Nouvelles Messageries de la Presse Parisienne ("NMPP") and its subsidiary, Société Auxiliaire pour l’Exploitation des Messageries Transports Presse ("TP"), for abusing their dominant position on the French press (...)
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Three years after Pfleiderer, the Directive on antitrust claim for damages approved by the Parliament last April, soon to be voted by the Council, introduces new rules on access to leniency documents. To facilitate an understanding of the implications of these provisions and anticipate their (...)
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By decision of 17 April 2014, the Authority authorised the acquisition by Orlait, a subsidiary of Candia, itself a subsidiary of Sodiaal, of exclusive control of the long-life drinking milk business of the Terra Lacta cooperative. The decision is noteworthy both for the analysis of the (...)
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By two decisions handed down on April 9, 2014, the Conseil d’Etat dismissed the appeals for abuse of power filed by the Association des centres distributeurs Edouard Leclerc (hereinafter "the ACDLec"), against the decisions of the French Competition Authority No.12-DCC-125 of August 27, 2012 (...)
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Perhaps the latest in a long series of decisions concerning Canal Plus Group, the Authority’s decision dated April 2, 2014 once again authorizes, subject to enhanced undertakings, the acquisition by Vivendi and Canal Plus Group (hereinafter "GCP") of exclusive control of D8, D17, Direct (...)
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In a judgment handed down on 11 December 2013 in Case T-79/12 (Cisco Systems Inc. and others v. European Commission), the Court of First Instance of the European Union confirmed the validity of the Commission’s decision which had authorised, in phase I and without commitment, Microsoft’s (...)
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Eur. Com, 05.12.2013, Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 4). On 5 December 2013, the European Commission adopted a series of measures to simplify its merger control procedures. In (...)
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It should also be pointed out that the judge in charge of summary proceedings of the Council of State rejected the application for a stay of execution, filed by the company Wienerberger, of the Bouyer-Leroux/Imerys decision (see above) for lack of urgency.
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In a decision of July 26, 2013, the French Competition Authority authorized, subject to the implementation of commitments, the acquisition of Imerys TC’s "structural materials" assets by Bouyer-Leroux. Bouyer-Leroux and Imerys TC are two major producers of wall bricks and the two main (...)
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By a decision of 16 April 2013, the French Competition Authority authorised, subject to the implementation of commitments, the acquisition of the Champagne-Ardennes-Picardie Cluster. (hereinafter ’the CAP division’) of the Hersant Média group (hereinafter ’GHM’) by the Belgian press group (...)
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By a decision of 14 March 2013, the French Competition Authority authorised the acquisition of sole control of Novatrans by the Charles André Group (GCA), two companies active in the freight transport sector. Prior to 2006, Novatrans was jointly owned by SNCF, the Charles André Group, the (...)
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On 12 December 2012, the Court of First Instance confirmed the Commission’s decision imposing a fine of €20 million on Electrabel for having acquired sole control of Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR) without prior authorisation from the Commission. This case, which is emblematic because of (...)
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Aut. conc. dec. no. 12-DCC-125 of 27 August 2012 relating to the joint takeover of 28 food-dominated retail stores by the Union des Coopérateurs d’Alsace and the Association des Centres Distributeurs E.Leclerc In the present case, the competitive analysis did not raise any particular (...)
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Eur. comm., dec. art. 8, § 1 R.139/2004, 19 October 2011, Caterpillar v. MWM, case COMP/M.6106 The present case provides a further example of an unconditional approval decision at the end of Phase II, which is becoming less and less rare (see e.g. the UPM/Myllukoskiand Rhein Papier decisions (...)
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