Julien Blanquart is an international trade associate in the governmental practice in the firm’s Brussels and London offices. Julien Blanquart’s practice focuses on compliance counseling, training and investigations in the areas of export controls, economic sanctions, anti-corruption (FCPA and Sapin II), customs, and foreign investment reviews (CFIUS). Over the course of his education, Julien Blanquart has acquired the legal skills and experience to assist the International Trade team in matters involving EU, U.S., and French law. He advises clients on all aspects of European and French competition law, including mergers, cartels, abuse of dominance as well as State aid across all sectors and industries. His experience in EU regulatory matters includes advising on sector-specific regulations, such as product liability, medical devices, telecommunications, motor vehicles and automotive components. Julien Blanquart also advises on a broad range of EU regulatory and compliance issues that affect market access and cross-border trade of products and services within the EU.
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It is not possible here to review all the facts and developments in this lengthy process or to consider all the substantive issues that have been addressed since 2006 in this series of cases. For its background, it is useful to refer to the previous observations in Concurrences CFI, 12 (...)
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On 15 July 2019, the Commission published its annual report on competition policy. The following few points can be made with regard to State aid. The challenge of modernising the rules The Commission recalls that the introduction of the new General Block Exemption Regulation in 2014 and (...)
