Laura Castex is a partner with Gide Loyrette Nouel in Paris. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2006, she specialises in European and French competition law as well as distribution law (distribution networks, commercial agreements, etc.) and consumer law, both in an advisory capacity and as a litigator. As regards merger control, Laura Castex advises major French and foreign firms for their investments and divestments, including in non-EU jurisdictions. As regards anticompetitive practices, she has extensive experience in investigation proceedings and the design of bespoke compliance programs (private enforcement). She also assists our clients in private enforcement litigation. Lastly, as regards distribution and consumer law, Laura Castex regularly advises clients in the formalisation of their commercial relations and in litigation arising from them, as well as in the context of investigations carried out by the Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Prevention of Fraud (DGCCRF) and its local branches.
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On December 3rd, 2021, the Paris Court of Appeal (the “Court”) confirmed a ruling by the Paris Commercial Court dismissing a damage claim brought by the former executive shareholder of Switch, a defunct online travel agency, against the national French railway company SNCF and online travel (...)
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On July 1st 2021, the Paris Court of Appeal (the “Court”) overruled a judgment from the Paris Court of First Instance (Tribunal de Grande Instance) in a case opposing the Fédération des Industries Nautiques (“FIN”), a syndicate of industrials active in the nautical sector, and Reed Exposition France, (...)
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Sodiaal is a leading dairy cooperative in charge of transformation and marketing of dairy products (drinking milk, cheese, milk powder, etc.). Orlait SAS is an indirect subsidiary of Sodiaal, active mainly in the trading and marketing of long-life drinking milk. Terra Lacta is a dairy (...)
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By a decision dated 20 December 2013 (decision n°13-D-22), the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) imposed a €4.000.000 fine on Copagef SA, for failing to comply with article L.430-3 of the French commercial code which provides for a mandatory prior authorization of mergers. This is the highest (...)
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On 24 June 2013, the French Supreme Administrative Court confirmed the French Competition Authority (“FCA”)‘s decision n°12-D-12 dated 11 May 2012 imposing a €392.000 fine on Etablissements Fr. Colruyt (“Ets Fr Colruyt”), the parent company of group Colruyt, for failing to comply with article L.430-3 (...)
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Pharma-Lab, Pharmajet, Pharmadex TMC, European Trade Company (ETC) and AD Pharm export drugs bought at the government-fixed price from pharmaceutical laboratories and sell them abroad for a higher price. These companies claimed to suffer from delivery restrictions, discriminatory commercial (...)
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On November 30th 2005, the French Competition Council (the “Council” ) imposed heavy fines on the three mobile telephone undertakings, Orange France, SFR and Bouygues Telecom, amounting to a € 534 millions total. The allotment of the fines was as follows : Orange France: 256 million Euros SFR: (...)
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This foreword is an In Memoriam of Mr. Antoine Choffel. Antoine loved Cyrano. A storyteller, a rhetorician, a swordsman, a great riposter, his words to the audience were arrows. He knew more than anyone that words have meaning but that without eloquence the best conclusions remain just (...)
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