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Jacqueline Riffault-Silk

University of Toulouse 1 Capitole, French Court of Cassation (Paris)

Honorary Dean of the Commercial Chamber

Jacqueline Riffault-Silk studied law at the University of Paris II where she obtained a DES in Private Law in 1974. After starting her judicial career in 1976 as an investigating judge at the Court of Versailles, and then as a Deputy Prosecutor at the Court of Paris (TGI), she spent eight years on detachment at the French Stock Exchange Commission as a legal adviser. Appointed Judge at the Court of Appeal of Paris in 1997, she became President of the Court’s 1st and 5th chambers in 2001, specializing in economic regulation and commercial litigation. In January 2007, she was appointed to the Commercial Chamber of the Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation). Also in 2007, she was nominated to the Committee of Civil Decisions and Sanctions of the French Commission of Energy Regulation (Cordis), and became President of the National Commission of Ethics for Judicial Administrators. She has published some thirty articles in various reviews and books, focusing mainly on financial criminal law, financial and stock exchange regulation, European and national competition law in the areas of public and private enforcement. She is a former President of the Association of European Competition Law Judges.

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18 Apr 2023 Paris Private Enforcement in the EU See documents

18 Oct 2022 Paris Concurrences Annual Book Party See documents

30 Mar 2022 Paris Private Enforcement in the EU: 2022 State of play See documents

31 Mar 2021 Webinar Private Enforcement #3 Fault & negotiated proceedings: Recent developments on remedies and transactions See documents

18 Jun 2020 Webinar Private Enforcement #2 International jurisdiction See documents

3 Oct 2019 Paris Concurrences Paris New Office Inauguration & Books Signature See documents

28 Mar 2019 Paris 4th Private Enforcement Conference : The current state of private enforcement in the EU and France See documents

29 Mar 2018 Paris 3rd Private Enforcement Conference : The current state of private enforcement in the EU and France See documents

10 Mar 2017 Paris 2nd Private Enforcement Conference: Implementing the Damages Directive See documents

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Private Enforcement in the EU - Jacqueline RIFFAULT-SILK (Doyen honoraire) — Jacqueline Riffault-Silk 18 April 2023 Paris

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29002 Review

Johanne Peyre, Edouard Fritch, Fabrice Dufresne, Antoine Callot, Christophe Venture, Alexandre Raguideau, Henri Piffaut, Martin D’Halluin, Erwann Kerguelen, Jacqueline Riffault-Silk, Youssef Guenzoui, Meherio Fariki Tahiti Competition Days (Papeete, 23-25 January 2023)

May 2023 1813

On 23–25 January 2023, the Polynesian Competition Authority (Autorité polynésienne de la concurrence or APC) held the first Tahiti Competition Days. This symposium brought together Polynesian stakeholders, administration, economic actors, practitioners, international specialists, and (...)

Jacqueline Riffault-Silk, Muriel Chagny Jacqueline Riffault-Silk (French Civil Supreme Court): A French judge in the course of European construction

February 2020 500

In this interview, Jacqueline Riffault-Silk talks about her career in the French judiciary. In particular, she reviews her experience at the Paris Court of Appeal and the French Civil Supreme Court. She also discusses the role of the French judge in the context of European construction, (...)

Jacqueline Riffault-Silk La réparation des préjudices causés par les pratiques anticoncurrentielles, Rafael AMARO and Jean-François LABORDE

May 2019 701

This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)

Anne Outin-Adam, Hervé Le Borgne, Jacqueline Riffault-Silk, Mary-Claude Mitchell, Silvia Pietrini Towards a competition class actions : A first step ? (AFEC, Paris, 20 juin 2013)

September 2013 810

This article brings together contributions from the first panel of the AFEC’s General Assembly of 20 June 2013 in Paris dedicated to the competition class actions. INTRODUCTION Jacqueline RIFFAULT-SILK Counsellor, Commercial Chamber, Court of Cassation 1. The reforms undertaken in (...)

Christophe Pecnard, Daniel Tricot, Jacqueline Riffault-Silk, Jean-Louis Fourgoux, Muriel Chagny Significant imbalance under French unfair practice law

May 2011 2378

The papers gathered in this section devoted to significant imbalance in the parties’ rights and obligations study, not only the rule in itself from a theoretical and practical point of view and the consequences of the French Constitutional Court’s decision, but also in its links with other (...)

Dominique de Gramont, Jacqueline Riffault-Silk, Jean-Daniel Bretzner, Laurence Idot, Louis Martin, Marie-Hélène Huertas, Martine Behar-Touchais, Michel Ponsard, Muriel Chagny, Valérie Pironon, Yann Utzschneider Contractual practices and competition (Paris, October 25th 2010)

February 2011 3638

This article reproduces the opening papers delivered at the AFEC conference on contractual practices and competition law in Paris on October 25, 2010. According to the Professor Chagny, the examination of the links between contractual practices and competition law lato sensu reveals (...)

Catherine Vautrin, Jacqueline Riffault-Silk Catherine Vautrin (CEPC): A President for the Commission d’Examen des Pratiques Commerciales

September 2010 2185

1. Can you briefly describe your background (education, professional experience, political commitment)? 2. You were the rapporteur of the law n° 2003-721 of 1 August 2003 for the economic initiative. How do you view its choices and implementation today? 3. The Commission d’examen des (...)

Jacqueline Riffault-Silk Economic regulation in the energy sector*

May 2010 2181

Energy, which is essential for the development of the economy and the protection of the environment, has become a market product subject to competition rules, the application of which has been delegated to the sectorial regulator, to the national and European competition authorities, and to (...)

Andrei Gurin, Catherine Brel, Jacqueline Riffault-Silk, Joseph Vogel, Laurence Idot, Marie Malaurie-Vignal, Muriel Chagny, Nicolas Guérin, Reine-Claude Mader Saussaye, Robert Saint-Esteben, Thibaud Vergé, Wilfried Guerrand Conference: Distribution on Internet and Antitrust (AFEC, Paris, 5 October 2009)

February 2010 5643

Introductory remarks Laurence Idot Professor, Universtité Paris II, European College Director of the Scientific Committee of Concurrences 1. Mr President of the Commercial Court, Ladies and Gentlemen. Today is a first, and I am pleased about it. It is indeed the first time that an (...)

Jacqueline Riffault-Silk Competition law at the French judiciary Supreme Court: Private enforcement, regulation... and other aspects of recent case law

February 2008 9153

Introduction 1. The application by judicial judges of the law of the competition, both national and Community, results from the the first head of their control over decisions of injunction or sanction and on alternative measures or ancillary to such sanctions1 , adopted by the Council of the (...)