Faustine Viala is a partner in the Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Antitrust and Competition Practice Group, based in the Paris office. Faustine has experience in European and French competition law. Her main areas of practice encompass merger control, anticompetitive practices (anticompetitive agreements and abuse of dominant position) and distribution law, advising French and international companies. Faustine advises companies mainly active in the fields of media, sports, chemical industry, aeronautic, cosmetics and telecoms, focusing both on counseling and litigation. Prior to joining Willkie, Faustine worked as an associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from 2003 to 2006.
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On January 23, 2019, the European Court of Justice (hereinafter the “Court” or the “ECJ”) handed down a preliminary ruling on the notion of “existing aid”. The Court held, in particular, that the circumstance where a new aid that becomes existing aid by virtue of the 10 years limitation period has (...)
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Étienne Chantrel, Deputy General Case Handler and Head of the Mergers Department of the French Competition Authority, reviews his department’s activity and discusses the merger control reform. Interview réalisée par Faustine Viala, Associée, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Paris. Après avoir été (...)
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Under European Union (’EU’) Law, the principle governing the assessment of restrictions directly related and necessary to concentrations - known as ancillary restraints - is that of self-evaluation by the parties. In other words, a decision authorizing a concentration is not a blank check that (...)
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Rather than acquiring or merging with the target, undertakings often prefer setting up a joint venture as it is more flexible and less costly for economic actors. The joint venture will be dealt with, by the Competition Authorities, at different times and according to different legal materials (...)
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