Eric Paroche
Hogan Lovells (Paris)
Lawyer (Partner)
Eric Paroche leads the Paris office’s Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation practice. Through his past experience at the European Commission and his diverse practice in many industry sectors, Eric is able to look at issues from all angles and to put forward workable solutions. He provides strategic advice to companies on managing merger control constraints and assists them in their filings with the European Commission, the French Competition Authority and other authorities worldwide. Eric also advises companies in antitrust proceedings before the European Commission and the French Competition Authority, and represents them before the European and French Courts. In particular, Eric helps management teams define the most appropriate strategies to minimize financial and reputational risks in cases of alleged infringements. In State aids, clients benefit from his in-depth knowledge of the European Commission’s practice. Eric lectures on competition law at Sciences Po.
Linked authors
Thibault Vermorel
Total (Paris)
Xavier Doumen
Hogan Lovells (Paris)
Frédérik Rothenburger
Lazard (Paris)
Flora Oriot
Grall & Associés (Paris)
Céline Verney
Hogan Lovells (Paris)
Victor Levy
Hogan Lovells (Paris)
Nicolas Charbit
Concurrences (London)
Laurence Idot
University Paris II Panthéon‑Assas
2531 | Conferences
Articles
1013 Bulletin
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The first State aid measures authorized by the European Commission (Commission) following the COVID-19 outbreak were aimed at helping companies to cover their immediate liquidity needs, mainly through bank loans guaranteed by EU Member States. The significant losses incurred by companies as a (...)
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The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the European economy with brute force. Many businesses are facing drastic declines in revenues and are in urgent need of liquidity. Some have imposed temporary lay-offs or even face insolvency. The European Commission and most EU member states as well as the UK, (...)
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The current COVID-19 pandemic is posing unprecedented challenges on our public health systems and communities. It is also heavily impacting economic activity, including for companies in the midst of M&A or joint venture transactions. Deals that are subject to merger control review in the (...)
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Highest fine ever for gun-jumping* On 8 November 2016, the French Competition Authority (FCA) fined French-based Altice group and its telecommunications subsidiary SFR 80 million euros for the coordination of their commercial behaviour in the period between the acceptance of Altice’s purchase (...)
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This article was first published in Concurrences Review N° 2-2017, Art. N° 83875, pp. 231-239 I. Introduction In November 2016, the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) fined French-based Altice/Numericable group and its recently-acquired telecom subsidiaries SFR and Virgin Mobile France for (...)
1969 Review
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Dans le cadre de la prise de contrôle exclusif de Darty par la Fnac ayant été autorisée par l’Autorité de la concurrence par une décision du 27 juillet 2016, la Fnac s’était engagée à céder avant le 1er août 2017 six magasins situés à Paris et en région parisienne. Néanmoins, pour trois de ces magasins, à (...)
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Le 1er octobre 2019, la Commission européenne a autorisé le rapprochement entre deux fabricants mondiaux de produits laminés plats en aluminium : Novelis, filiale américaine du groupe indien Hindalco, et Aleris, groupe américain également spécialisé dans la production de produits semi-finis en (...)
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Warehousing – or portage – transactions, which consist in parking the target with an interim buyer in view of its onward sale to the ultimate acquirer, are no exceptions to the prohibition of gun jumping: this is, in a nutshell, the conclusion drawn by the European Commission in its decision of (...)
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En janvier 2017, l’État a publié un appel d’offres pour l’exploitation du CDG Express, la future liaison ferroviaire directe entre Paris (gare de l’Est) et l’aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle, pour une durée de quinze ans. En novembre 2018, l’État a attribué la concession de services au groupement (...)
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On November 7, 2018, the Commission approved a concentration whereby the two German car manufacturers Daimler and BMW planned to pool their mobility service businesses, including in particular their car sharing services. The two German car makers’ project consists in the creation of six (...)
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On 4 May 2018, the European Commission approved the acquisition by United Technologies Corporation (’UTC’) of the whole of Rockwell Collins, after a phase I investigation but subject to important structural remedies. UTC is a provider of high-technology products and services for the building and (...)
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The Altice/Numericable decision from the French Competition Authority is striking in two respects: it is the highest fine (€80 million) ever imposed by a competition authority for gun jumping and one of the very first decisions in Europe to outline the rules applicable to the acquirer and a (...)
