Stéphane Dionnet
McDermott Will & Emery (Brussels)
Partner
Stéphane Dionnet is a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, based in Brussels. Prior to that, he worked at Skadden, also in Brussels. Stépahne Dionnet is a qualified lawyer and a member of the Brussels bar, and his practice focuses on European Union and international competition law. He has assisted clients in numerous cartel investigations, in particular with respect to leniency applications before the European Commission and other international competition agencies, as well as corporate investigations relating to cartels. He has worked with clients from a diverse range of industries including consumer products, energy, entertainment, financial services, pharmaceuticals, retail and telecommunications. Earlier in his career, Stéphane Dionnet worked for three years within the “Merger Network” of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition. He was case-handler in high-profile transactions, including phases 1 and 2 with remedies.
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In July 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) annulled the General Court of the European Union’s judgment from 2020. That 2020 judgment, appealed by CK Telecom, had overturned the European Commission’s decision to prohibit CK Telecom’s acquisition of Telefonica UK business in 2016. The (...)
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Last Step Towards a New Regulatory Framework for M&A Transactions Within the European Union On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its final regulation for implementing the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). The Implementing Regulation (the “IR”) (...)
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European Commission adopts the final version of the much-anticipated Research & Development Block Exemption Regulation and Specialisation Block Exemption Regulation, as well as the Horizontal Guidelines. IN DEPTH On 1 June 2023, the European Commission (Commission) adopted and published (...)
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On April 26, 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked what would otherwise have been the largest deal in the gaming industry to date. The decision highlights several important trends, such as : In dynamic markets, regulators are focusing in on whether a deal harms or could (...)
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The EU Commission has adopted a legislative package to further streamline the simplified merger control procedures within the European Union On April 20, 2023, the EU Commission (Commission) adopted and published a package to simplify the procedures for reviewing concentrations under (...)
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INTRODUCING M&A AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS WHAT’S NEW On January 12, 2023, Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of December 14, 2022, on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market entered into force. The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) puts into place a new (...)
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Time to Prepare for A New Regulatory Hurdle for M&A Transactions and Public Procurements Within the European Union On December 23, 2022, Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of December 14, 2022 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (FSR) was published in the Official Journal of the (...)
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The Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market was published in the Official Journal of the EU on December 23, 2022. The Regulation, referred to as “the Foreign Subsidies Regulation”, or “FSR”, aims to redress the perceived (...)
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The European Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act or “DMA”) entered into force on November 1, 2022 (OJ L 265, 12.10.2022, p. 1). Certain provisions of a preparatory nature apply as from that date. The (...)
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On August 1, 2022 the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) gave a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of the product scope of a cartel found to exist by the EU Commission (EC) in its Decision dated July 19, 2016, C (2016) 4673 final, in Case AT.39824 – Trucks (the Decision). This Decision led (...)
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The GCEU upheld the decision of the EC accepting a referral request from France, as joined by other Member States, asking it to assess the proposed acquisition of GRAIL by Illumina (Judgment of July 13, 2022, Case T-227/21, Illumina, Inc ; v Commission). Background On September 21, 2020, (...)
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Summary The CJEU on June 16, 2022, partially annulled a EC decision due to a procedural breach, whilst maintaining the imposed EUR 116 million fine. The CJEU found that the EC’s decision did not give the companies opportunity to rebut all infringements separately. At the same time, the (...)
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On June 15, 2022, the EU General Court (GCEU) annulled the EU Commission’s (EC) decision C (2018) 240 final dated January 24, 2018 in Case AT.40220 in which the EC had imposed a fine of EUR 997.439 million on Qualcomm Inc. (Qualcomm) for having allegedly abused its dominant position on the (...)
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In last year’s EU Competition Review, we reported on the draft of the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER). On June 1, 2022, the new VBER finally entered into force. At the same time, the EC published a revised version of the accompanying Vertical Guidelines. These two instruments (...)
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On June 27, 2019, the EC imposed two fines totaling EUR 28 million on Canon in the context of its acquisition of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (TMSC). The first fine of EUR 14 million was levied for Canon’s failure to notify the EC prior to the implementation of the transaction in (...)
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Procedural and Factual Background On November 9, 2010, the EU Commission (EC) imposed fines (totaling nearly EUR 800 million) on multiple air freight carriers for their participation in the “air freight cartel” (the 2010 Decision). The case was opened following an immunity application made (...)
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At the start of the year, companies offering or considering offering rebates were given further guidance on the limits of such practices. The GCEU’s judgment of January 26, 2022 annulled the EUR 1.06 billion fine against Intel Corporation (Intel) in the 2009 EC decision. The judgment is the (...)
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On September 22, 2021, the European General Court issued its judgment upholding the decision by the European Commission (Commission) to fine Altice for gun-jumping in the acquisition of Portugal Telecom (PT) in 2015. The General Court did grant Altice a limited 5% reduction of part of the (...)
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On September 22, 2021, the European General Court issued its judgment upholding the decision by the European Commission (Commission) to fine Altice for gun jumping in the acquisition of Portugal Telecom (PT) in 2015. The General Court did grant Altice a limited 5% reduction of part of the (...)
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"Johnson & Johnson/Guidant : potential competition and unilateral effects in innovative markets"* 1. Introduction Following an in-depth investigation, on 25 August 2005 the European Commission authorised under the Merger Regulation the planned $ 24 billion (around € 18 billion) (...)
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