Adrien Giraud
Latham & Watkins (Brussels)
Partner
Adrien Giraud is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Brussels and Paris offices and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. He specializes in French and European competition law and has significant experience in merger control, behavioral antitrust matters (including damages claims), and state aid. Mr. Giraud has represented French and international clients in complex EU and French merger cases and in some of the most significant antitrust investigations of recent years. His experience also encompasses civil antitrust damages litigation, an area in which he has represented clients in proceedings before the French courts. Furthermore, Mr. Giraud advises companies and public authorities on state aid compliance, and assists them with European Commission state aid investigations and related litigation before the European courts. Mr. Giraud has particular experience advising clients active in the telecommunications, shipping energy, media, retail, and financial services sectors.
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Results of the Commission’s public consultation on the review of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation* On 17 March 2021, the European Commission (EC) has published the results of its public consultation on the review of the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (MVBER). Key (...)
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French Competition Authority amends its decision-making practice in relation to responses to calls for tenders by subsidiaries of the same group* On 25 November 2020, the French Competition Authority (FCA) announced that it was amending its decision-making practice regarding responses to (...)
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New EU Antitrust Rules for Distribution – European Commission’s Inception Impact Assessment* On 23 October 2020, the European Commission (EC) published its inception impact assessment of policy options for a potential revision of the EU Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and (...)
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New French Competition Authority Merger Control Guidelines* On 23 July 2020, the French Competition Authority (FCA or Authority) published new merger control guidelines, which replace the previous guidelines dated 4 July 2013. In the new guidelines, the Authority clarifies and completes (i) (...)
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Belgian Competition Authority vs. International Equestrian Authority: second round* On April 28, 2016, the Brussels Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (“FEI”) of an injunction issued by the Belgian Competition Authority (the “BCA”) that suspended (...)
1353 Review
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At the seminar held on 28 June 2019, Marc Ivaldi (economist, director of studies at EHESS, researcher at the Toulouse School of Economics, consultant to NERA Economic Consulting and chairman of the ITEA executive committee) and Adrien Giraud (a partner in the Latham & Watkins antitrust (...)
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The Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, considers tougher enforcement with respect to interim measures and eyes the French regime with interest. It is now established that the French Competition Authority enjoys wide powers to adopt decisions ordering interim measures. This study (...)
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