Jean-François Guillardeau is an associate at Stephenson Harwood with experience advising on the full spectrum of competition law, and more specifically, in cartels and abuse of dominance matters. Mr Guillardeau has worked both in private practice at large international law firms and at competition authorities (i.e. the European Commission and the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority).
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I. Background On 26 May 2013, the UK Competition Authority (the OFT at the time), received a complaint alleging concerns that Consultant Eye Surgeon Limited Liability Partnerships (“LLPs”), via their membership association CESP Limited (“CESP Ltd”), were agreeing prices and sharing prices (...)
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I. Background On 18 September 2006 the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) opened an investigation into the Home and Personal Care (HPC) market in Belgium following Colgate’s leniency application. Few months later the BCA carried out dawn raids at the premises of the main large retailers in (...)
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Background Between 2007 and 2009, milk producers faced a severe crisis due to strong variations in the price at which they could produce milk. This impacted input prices for dairy products producers in France, most of which are bound by purchase agreements with milk producers. Sales to (...)
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Background Under French law, clinical biology analyses may only be carried out in dedicated laboratories under the supervision of a biological doctor or pharmacist. Biological pharmacists hold 95% of the cumulated share of that service market . The National Council of Pharmacists (“Ordre (...)
