Guillaume Vatin is senior associate at Ashurst in Paris. His practice focuses on EU and French competition law. Prior to joining Ashurst, he was an associate at Bredin Prat. Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2016, Guillaume is a graduate of the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, the London School of Economics and holds a Master 2 in European Business Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
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On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted and published on its website the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation ("FSR") Implementing Regulation ("IR") and annexes, including the notification forms for concentrations (M&A) and public procurement. The IR will be published in the Official (...)
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The reversal of the Autorité de la Concurrence’s decision [(hereafter "the Autorité") in the "DMLA" case has not put an end to the legal battle between the Autorité and Novartis and Roche. It will be recalled that, in a much-criticized ruling dated February 16, 2023, the Paris Court of (...)
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In a decision No. 22-D-11 dated November 16, 2022 [hereinafter, the "Decision"], the French Competition Authority [hereinafter, the "Authority"] imposed a penalty of 60,000 euros on the Association réunionnaise interprofessionnelle de la pêche et de l’aquaculture [hereinafter, the "ARIPA"], (...)
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In a decision dated November 3, 2022, the Paris Court of Appeal declared inadmissible the voluntary intervention of Electricité de France [hereinafter "EDF"] in the appeal filed by the Association nationale des opérateurs détaillants en énergie [hereinafter "ANODE"] against the decision of the (...)
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By a decision dated July 1, 2022, the Conseil d’Etat dismissed Sony’s application for excess of power against the decision of the French Competition Authority [hereinafter, the "Authority"] to reject the commitments proposed by the latter and to refer the case back to the investigation. (...)
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In a decision dated May 11, 2022, the French Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) censured a decision of the Paris Court of Appeal, which had recognized the probative value of 28 anonymized reports and imposed a civil fine of 2 million euros on GE Energy Product France [hereinafter "GEEPF"], the (...)
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In a decision dated April 21, 2022, the Paris Court of Appeal declared inadmissible the appeal lodged by Sony against the decision of the French Competition Authority [hereinafter, the "Authority"] to reject the commitments proposed by the latter and to refer them back to the investigation. (...)
