Laurent is a senior associate in the antitrust, competition and trade practice group at Freshfields Hong Kong. His practice covers all areas of competition law, with a particular focus on global merger control investigations. He has extensive experience with merger control regimes in Asia and Europe, and has advised clients on several complex Phase I and Phase II merger control investigations requiring remedies. His past experience has led him to act for clients active in various sectors, including financial sponsors, transport and industrials, among others. He also advises on EU and international trade defence questions, and has also acted for clients in the aviation sector on regulatory matters.
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On 30 June 2022, the three institutions of the European Union (the Commission, the Parliament and the Council) announced their political agreement on the text of the proposed regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (see their respective press releases here, here, and (...)
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In a recently published policy paper, the European Commission (EC) assessed whether its jurisdictional merger control thresholds leave an enforcement gap, and whether the administrative burden on merging firms and other market participants is proportionate. The EC concludes that the (...)
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