Rémy Fekete is a partner at Jones Day, based in the firm’s Paris office. He has practiced in the telecommunications, media and information technology (TMT) sectors for over 20 years. He leads the TMT team in the Paris Office and regularly advises public entities and major telecommunications groups on issues related to broadcasting, distribution, and corporate law such as the setting up of public-private partnerships (PPPs). In addition to his numerous missions assisting governments and regulatory authorities, Rémy intervenes alongside private companies, telecommunications operators, investment funds, and financial institutions on financing, restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions’ operations. Rémy has advised more than 30 governments and regulators in the granting of licenses, the privatization of operators, the opening up of the market to new players, and the restructuring and reforming of the worldwide legal and regulatory framework applicable to the telecommunications and information technology sector. Rémy has a significant experience in French, English, and Portuguese speaking countries of Africa and the Middle East and advises major international groups (infrastructure, distribution, etc.) with respect to their activities and expansion in emerging markets (establishment of local entities, acquisition of administrative authorizations, management of international disputes, etc.).
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In Short The Situation: The European Commission has presented three initiatives to transform the connectivity sector on 23 February 2023 (the "Connectivity Package"). The State of Play: The European Commission has proposed a draft Gigabit Infrastructure Act ("GIA") proposal that would come as (...)
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Pursuant to Article 6 of the Law on the Protection of Competition n° 4054 (the “Law”), abuse of dominant position is prohibited. It is forbidden, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Article 6 “to prevent, directly or indirectly, other undertakings in its area of commercial activities or practices which (...)
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By a decision held on February 8th, 2007, the Turkish Competition Board confirmed its legal analysis carried out in a previous decision held in 2003, relating to the behaviour of an operator managing an electricity distribution network. Such behaviour was found to constitute an abuse of (...)
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Pursuant to Article 4 of the Law on the Protection of Competition n° 4054 (“Competition Law” ; See Ercüment Erdem, “Overview on Turkish Competition Law”, e-Competitions, February 2007-I, n° 13152), agreements and concerted practices of the undertakings and decisions and practices of the associations (...)
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Pursuant to Article 6 of the Law on the Protection of Competition n° 4054 (the “Law”), abuse of dominant position is prohibited (For a restatement of Turkish Competition provisions, see Prof. Dr. Ercüment Erdem, Overview on Turkish Competition Law, e-Competitions, n° 13152). It is forbidden for (...)
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