Marie de Drouas is specialized in EU and French competition law. She focuses on merger control, cartel and abuse of dominance cases, with a particular emphasis on the telecommunication, transport, consumer goods, real estate and energy sectors. She assists clients both on the plaintiff and defendant side. She has a specific experience in antitrust follow-on damages litigation. Marie’s practice covers all aspects of competition and distribution law. She practiced with Clifford Chance in Paris within the Antitrust team for 10 years. She then set up her own practice before cofounding NIDDAM-DROUAS AVOCATS in 2017. Before joining the Paris Bar, she worked in the Franco-British business team of an English law firm in London. Marie is a member of the French Association for Competition Studies (AFEC) and of the French Association of Competition Law Practitioners (APDC).
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In a judgment of 26 September 2018, the French Supreme Court ruled for the first time on a failure to comply with commitments undertaken before the French Competition Authority (FCA) to close antitrust proceedings. The French Supreme Court dismissed the appeal lodged by the economic interest (...)
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In the endive cartel case, the French Supreme Court (Cour de casssation) judgement issued 12 September 2018 analyses the relationship between competition law and EU agricultural rules. In its decision following a preliminary ruling issued by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the Supreme (...)
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This article is an analysis of the implications for public companies of having to disclose information in relation to antitrust proceedings pursuant to applicable securities laws. It also provides practical advice at each stage of the proceedings, on how and when to disclose this information. (...)
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Interview conducted by Patrick Hubert and Marie de Drouas, Clifford Chance. 1. Can you remind us of your professional and academic background? While studying history at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Saint Cloud), I discovered the works of great economists, first and foremost Smith, Hayek, (...)
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This article focuses on the implications for companies of the French competition Authority’s advisory practice, especially those arising from its new power of self-referral. It also provides them with practical tips in order to ensure that the Authority has perfect information and sufficient (...)
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This study is a report of the new French Competition Authority’s first year of activity. It is based on the decisions and advices issued by the authority and on an "investigation", during which some users made observations, which they confronted to the initial objectives of the reform. This (...)
