McDermott Will & Emery (Brussels)

Stéphane Dionnet

McDermott Will & Emery (Brussels)
Partner

Stéphane Dionnet is a Partner at McDermott Will & Emery, based in Brussels. Prior to that, he worked at Skadden, also in Brussels. Stépahne Dionnet is a qualified lawyer and a member of the Brussels bar, and his practice focuses on European Union and international competition law. He has assisted clients in numerous cartel investigations, in particular with respect to leniency applications before the European Commission and other international competition agencies, as well as corporate investigations relating to cartels. He has worked with clients from a diverse range of industries including consumer products, energy, entertainment, financial services, pharmaceuticals, retail and telecommunications. Earlier in his career, Stéphane Dionnet worked for three years within the “Merger Network” of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition. He was case-handler in high-profile transactions, including phases 1 and 2 with remedies.

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Articles

1607 Bulletin

Stéphane Dionnet, Hendrik Viaene, Karolien Van der Putten The EU Commission publishes the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation in the official journal of the EU, scheduled to come into force in 2023

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Time to Prepare for A New Regulatory Hurdle for M&A Transactions and Public Procurements Within the European Union On December 23, 2022, Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of December 14, 2022 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (FSR) was published in the Official Journal of the (...)

Stéphane Dionnet, Max Küttner The UK Competition Authority blocks the proposed acquisition of a leading video game publisher by a Big Tech company (Microsoft / Activision Blizzard)

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On April 26, 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked what would otherwise have been the largest deal in the gaming industry to date. The decision highlights several important trends, such as: In dynamic markets, regulators are focusing in on whether a deal harms or could harm (...)

Jacques Buhart, Stéphane Dionnet, Christian Krohs, Frédéric Pradelles, Hendrik Viaene The EU Commission adopts a legislative package to further streamline the simplified merger control procedures within the bloc

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The EU Commission has adopted a legislative package to further streamline the simplified merger control procedures within the European Union On April 20, 2023, the EU Commission (Commission) adopted and published a package to simplify the procedures for reviewing concentrations under (...)

Bill Batchelor, Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, Stéphane Dionnet, Geraldine De Vasconcelos Lopes, Giorgio Motta The EU General Court upholds the Commission’s decision to fine a telecommunications company for gun jumping but grants a limited 5% reduction of part of the €124.5 million fine imposed (Altice / PT Portugal)

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On September 22, 2021, the European General Court issued its judgment upholding the decision by the European Commission (Commission) to fine Altice for gun-jumping in the acquisition of Portugal Telecom (PT) in 2015. The General Court did grant Altice a limited 5% reduction of part of the €124.5 (...)

Bill Batchelor, Frederic Depoortere, Ingrid Vandenborre, Stéphane Dionnet, Geraldine De Vasconcelos Lopes, Giorgio Motta The EU General Court issues its judgment upholding the Commission’s decision to fine a telecommunications company for gun jumping (Altice / PT Portugal)

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On September 22, 2021, the European General Court issued its judgment upholding the decision by the European Commission (Commission) to fine Altice for gun jumping in the acquisition of Portugal Telecom (PT) in 2015. The General Court did grant Altice a limited 5% reduction of part of the €124.5 (...)

Alberto Bacchiega, Chloé MacEwen, Mario Todino, Stéphane Dionnet The EU Commission approves subject to remedies a merger in the healthcare sector addressing the issues of potential competition and unilateral effects in innovative markets (Johnson & Johnson / Guidant)

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"Johnson & Johnson/Guidant: potential competition and unilateral effects in innovative markets"* 1. Introduction Following an in-depth investigation, on 25 August 2005 the European Commission authorised under the Merger Regulation the planned $ 24 billion (around € 18 billion) acquisition (...)

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