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.
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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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This article has been nominated for the 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. Digital ubiquity, and the resulting rules, do not only concern tech giants. To the contrary, digital regulation is relevant for companies in all market sectors (...)
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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 (...)
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L’acquisition des 554 magasins Leader Price et 2 magasins Casino par Aldi [l’“opération”] a tout d’abord été notifiée à la Commission européenne avant de faire l’objet d’un renvoi, à la demande de la partie notifiante, au profit de l’Autorité de la concurrence ([l’“Autorité”] le 4 juin 2020. Éléments de (...)
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La jurisprudence en matière de contrôle des concentrations est d’autant plus scrutée que les contentieux y sont rares. Pourtant, l’année 2020 a permis au Tribunal de se prononcer à plusieurs reprises sur l’application du règlement n° 139/2004 par la Commission européenne dans des décisions (...)
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On April 25th, 2020, Boeing and Embraer announced that they abandoned their planned partnership which had a long stop date of April 24th, 2020. The partnership consisted in the creation of two joint ventures : (i) a first joint venture solely controlled by Boeing covering Embraer’s commercial (...)
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La Commission s’est récemment prononcée sur deux opérations dans le secteur pharmaceutique, qui ont toutes deux donné lieu à une autorisation conditionnée à des cessions : d’une part, l’acquisition d’Allergan par Abbvie, et, d’autre part, l’acquisition de la division “santé grand public” de Pfizer par (...)
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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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La décision Altice/Numericable de l’Autorité de la concurrence est doublement marquante : il s’agit de l’amende la plus élevée jamais infligée par une autorité de concurrence dans une affaire de gun jumping (80 millions d’euros d’amende) et une des toutes premières décisions en Europe exposant les (...)
