Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2015, Alexis Baudelin founded his firm in 2021 after working in a large Anglo-Saxon law firm and with several leading national and European institutions. Alexis Baudelin has a general practice in criminal law, civil law, commercial law and administrative law. He also has a solid knowledge of international and European law. He is a graduate of the Paris Bar School, has a Master 2 in European Union Law and Litigation from the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and a Master 1 in International and European Law from Cambridge University.
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On 26 March 2021, the French Constitutional Council declared unconstitutional Article L.462-2 of the French Commercial Code ("FCC") on obstruction to an investigation of the FCA. Pursuant to this provision, the FCA can set a fine for obstruction, the amount of which cannot exceed 1% of the (...)
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On 24 March 2021, the FCA fined the three main French manufacturers of industrial sandwiches sold under private label for having defined a common strategy when responding to calls for tender launched by large and medium-sized retailers. The FCA launched dawn raids at the premises of the (...)
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Facts and FCA decision On 13 March 2012, the French Competition Authority ("FCA") sanctioned a flour cartel between French and German millers. One of the anti-competitive practices consisted in a non-aggression pact limiting flour imports between France and Germany, leading to market sharing (...)
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The Authority has authorised, subject to undertakings, the acquisition of sole control of the Jardiland group by the InVivo group, France’s leading agricultural cooperative group at the head of the Gamm Vert, Delbard and Jardinerie du Terroir retail network. Jardiland and InVivo are active in (...)
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In a decision of 23 August 2018, the French Competition Authority authorised, subject to commitments, the acquisition of sole control of SDRO and Robert II by Groupe Bernard Hayot (GBH). The operation mainly concerned the food distribution sector in Martinique. GBH operates food and non-food (...)
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This is a new episode in the takeover of the Agripole group’s ready-made meals division by Financière Cofigéo. This affair had already been commented on in this Chronicle (see ConcurrencesNo. 1-2018, pp. 127-128, obs. S. Sorinas and A. Baudelin) because the Authority, while deciding to open Phase (...)
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Following its public consultation launched in October 2017 on simplifying and modernising merger control, the Authority announced by press release of 7 June the selected proposals in this respect. Simplification of the procedure for non-problematic operations The Authority thus announces (...)
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In a decision dated May 25, 2018, the Conseil d’État dismissed the appeal filed by OCEA against the Authority’s decision No. 16-DCC-120 of July 28, 2016. on the creation of a full-function joint venture between DCNS and Piriou. The companies DCNS and Piriou, which are active in military (for (...)
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As was apparent from the rejection of the application for interim measures of suspension which had been lodged in this case, by order of 17 October 2016 (EC, 17 October 2016, No. 403730, obs. S. Sorinas and A. Baudelin, ConcurrencesNo. 1-2017, pp. 141-142.), the Conseil d’État also dismissed, by (...)
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On April 27th , 2018, the Authority authorized, subject to commitments, the acquisition of exclusive control by Carrefour Supermarchés France of the companies Zormat and Les Chênes, which operate two predominantly food-dominated businesses with service stations under the Carrefour Market banner, (...)
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The Authority has authorised TF1’s acquisition of sole control of Aufeminin, previously owned by the media group Axel Springer. Aufeminin operates the Internet sites of the same name and others such as Marmiton and My Little Paris, and markets the advertising space on these sites. It also (...)
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On 20 April 2018, the Authority unconditionally cleared two transactions concerning the combination of distance selling (’DOS’) players (Sarenza and Spartoo) and in-store retail players (Monoprix and André) in the footwear distribution sector. In the first decision (No 18-DCC-50), the Authority (...)
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The Authority has cleared without commitment a concentration between two online real estate classifieds giants in France. The Axel Springer group, to which SeLoger belongs, has thus acquired sole control of Concept Multimédia, which owns the company Logic-Immo. As mentioned in a previous (...)
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The Authority’s decision dated 10 November 2017 signs the reunification of the two names of Joseph Gibert’s heir sons almost 90 years after their separation: Gibert Joseph and Gibert Jeune bookstores. The examination of the transaction did not raise any particular competition concerns. The (...)
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Following financial difficulties, the Financière Turenne Lafayette (FTL) group (Madrange and Paul Prédault brands in the cured meats sector, and William Saurin, Panzani and Garbit in the ready meals sector) was subject to receivership proceedings before the Paris Commercial Court. The court (...)
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In line with the consultation launched in October 2016 by the European Commission on these subjects, the Authority published on its website on 20 October 2017 a public consultation aimed at gathering comments from anyone who wished to respond to it on certain avenues for reflection on a (...)
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The soap opera Altice / SFR has made a particularly strong impression over the last two years. Does the decision of the Conseil d’État handed down on September 28, 2017 mark the final act of this season full of twists and turns? Summary of previous episodes In a decision dated October 30, 2014, (...)
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The French Competition Authority announced that on 11 September 2017, it had taken up an ex-officio case to examine the conditions under which the Fnac group is implementing the commitments it made in connection with the acquisition of the Darty group. As a reminder, this transaction was (...)
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The Authority has decided to open an in-depth investigation into the operation whereby the Axel Springer Group acquires sole control of the company Concept Multimedia. The purchaser and the target are both active in the online real estate classifieds market through SeLoger.com and (...)
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Five years after the 2012 decision authorizing, subject to compliance with 33 injunctions, the acquisition of exclusive control of TPS and CanalSatellite by Vivendi and Canal Plus Group (GCP) (Dec. No. 12-DCC-100 dated July 23, 2012, Obs. O. Billard), the Authority agreed to review its (...)
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Three years after the 2014 decision authorizing, subject to the implementation of several commitments, the acquisition of Direct 8 and Direct Star by Vivendi and Canal Plus Group (GCP) (Dec. No. 14-DCC-50 dated April 2, 2014, obs. S. Sorinas, E. Jegou and C. Barraud), the Authority agreed to (...)
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The French Competition Authority has authorized SFR Group to take sole control of Groupe News Participations. SFR Group is controlled by the Altice Group, which is mainly active in the telecommunications, television, print media and advertising sectors. For its part, News Participations Group (...)
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The French Competition Authority has authorised the acquisition of sole control of the Flo group by the Bertrand group. These two groups specialize in commercial catering and own several brands such as Burger King, Quick, Café Leffe, Hippopotamus and Maître Kanter’s Tavern. The Authority (...)
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The Petit Forestier group decided to abandon its plan to acquire sole control of the Fraikin group following the Authority’s decision to open an in-depth investigation (Dec. No 27-DEX-01 of 13 January 2017). Petit Forestier and Fraikin are the two biggest players on the French market for the (...)
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On November 9, 2016, the European Commission has approved the acquisition of Merial, Sanofi’s animal health subsidiary, by Boehringer Ingelheim ("BI"), a German pharmaceutical company specialized in the development, production, distribution and marketing of pharmaceutical products including (...)
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Vinci Airports, a subsidiary of Vinci, develops and operates 34 airports worldwide, including 12 in France. Aéroports de Lyon is an airport concession company that develops, operates and operates the Lyon-Saint Exupéry and Lyon-Bron airports. Prior to the operation, Aéroports de Lyon was owned 60 (...)
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Soufflet Agriculture and Sobra have applied to the judge in charge of summary proceedings at the Conseil d’État for a stay of execution of Decision No. 16-DCC-147 of 21 September 2016 by which the Competition Authority authorised the acquisition of exclusive control by Axéréal Participations of (...)
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