Faustine Viala
Willkie Farr & Gallagher (Paris)
Lawyer (Partner)
Faustine Viala is a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Paris. Faustine focuses on European and French competition law, both on merger control and litigation matters. With more than 15 years of experience in competition law, her main areas of practice encompass European, French and multi-jurisdictional merger control, anticompetitive practices (anticompetitive agreements and abuse of dominant position), State aid, private enforcement litigation and distribution law. Faustine advises French and international companies mainly active in the defense, luxury, automotive and transport, aeronautics, telecoms or media sectors, and the chemical industry.
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher (London)
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher (Brussels)
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Philipp Girardet
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On 5 October 2020, the General Court of the European Union (the “General Court”) confirmed the 2017 decision by the European Commission (the “Commission”) to prohibit the proposed acquisition by HeidelbergCement and Schwenk of Cemex Croatia (the “HeidelbergCement case”). In its judgment, the General (...)
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The European Commission (the “Commission”), which has exclusive jurisdiction to review State aid cases, has demonstrated its intention, and ability, to react rapidly to requests from Member States in the rescue of distressed companies as a result of the Covid-19 crisis affecting the European (...)
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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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The unexpected shock provoked by the Covid-19 crisis and the measures taken to limit the spread of the pandemic have affected the functioning of many markets. Throughout the world, competition authorities which, in the last decade, had been enforcing their laws in the context of steady economic (...)
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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 conducted by Faustine Viala, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Paris. After serving as (...)
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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 (...)
