Lionel Lesur
McDermott Will & Emery (Paris)
Lawyer (Partner)
Lionel Lesur is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery and is based in the Firm’s Paris office. He focuses his practice on corporate law and competition law. Lionel advises domestic and international companies in a broad range of industries. His experience focuses on negotiations of private mergers and acquisitions, leverage buy-outs and commercial contracts. Lionel also has experience with both European and French competition law, in particular, merger control proceedings and antitrust proceedings. Lionel is admitted to practice in Paris and Rome. He commenced his career in Paris before moving to Rome where he practiced for one year with a leading Italian firm before returning to Paris. Lionel has co-authored several articles on European and French antitrust law including in the Concurrences review. Lionel is also the French correspondent of the Italian Observatory for Competition (Osservatorio Permanente sull’Applicazione delle Regole di Concorrenza) and trained twice in Vietnam for the benefit of the members of the newly created national competition authority. Lionel was also the contributor for France to The EC Competition Law Handbook from 2007 to 2011 (Jones ; Van der Woude). Lionel has been a visiting professor of comparative law at HEC since 2011.
Auteurs associés
Sergio Sorinas
Herbert Smith Freehills (Paris)
Philipp Werner
Jones Day (Brussels)
Martina Maier
Siemens (Munich)
Thibaud Vergé
ENSAE Paris-Tech
Emmanuel Frot
Analysis Group (Paris)
Jacques Buhart
McDermott Will & Emery (Paris)
Louise Aberg
McDermott Will & Emery (Washington)
Frédéric Jenny
ESSEC Business School (Cergy)
6413 | Conférences
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6019 Bulletin
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THE FRENCH COMPETITION AUTHORITY FINES A PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORY EUR 25 MILLION FOR ANTI-GENERIC PRACTICES* On 20 December 2017, the French Competition Authority (the FCA) imposed a EUR 25 million fine on a pharmaceutical laboratory, for delaying entry onto the market of the generic version (...)
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SIGNIFICANT FINE IMPOSED BY THE FRENCH COMPETITION AUTHORITY IN FLOOR COVERINGS CARTEL* On October 18, 2017, the French Competition Authority (the “FCA”) imposed a EUR 302 million fine on the three leading companies in the PVC and linoleum floor coverings sector ; Forbo, Gerflor and Tarkett, as (...)
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On 10 March 2017, France finally implemented into French law the EU Directive 2014/104 of 26 November 2014 on antitrust damages actions (see our Special Report) through Order n° 2017-303 and its implementing Decree n° 2017-305 of 9 March 2017. France was more than two months late, but there are (...)
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FRENCH COMPETITION AUTHORITY IMPOSES ITS FIRST EVER FINE FOR GUN-JUMPING* For the first time ever, on 8 November 2016 the French Competition Authority (FCA) sanctioned companies for implementing a transaction that had been notified to the FCA but not yet received a clearance decision, (...)
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As a general proposition, when the validity of a European Commission antitrust decision is challenged before the General Court of the European Union (GCEU), the procedure is one of judicial review, not a retrial on the merits (although the GCEU does have special jurisdiction to increase or (...)
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The EU Directive on Antitrust Damages Actions was formally adopted by the European Parliament and the EU Council on 26 November 2014 and was published in the Official Journal on 5 December 2014. The 28 EU Member States are required to adapt their national laws and procedures in line with the (...)
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COMMISSION PUBLISHES WHITE PAPER ON MINORITY SHAREHOLDINGS* On 9 July 2014, the EU Commission (Commission) published a White Paper (White Paper) entitled Towards more effective EU merger control. The White Paper sets out the Commission’s current thinking on the application of merger control (...)
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The Cour de cassation, France’s highest court for judicial matters, rendered a judgment on 15 January 2013 in a case involving Jaguar’s distribution agreements in France. The judgment follows an earlier ruling on the matter by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), from which the Cour (...)
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EU Commission Can Bring Follow-On Actions for Damages on Behalf of the European Union in Cartel Cases* On 6 November 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the European Commission was entitled to represent the European Union in an action for damages before national (...)
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FCA’S NEW POLICY PROVIDES STRONG INCENTIVES FOR COMPLIANCE PROGRAM ADOPTION* Following up on our prior post, on February 10, 2012, the French Competition Authority (FCA) published the final version of its framework document on compliance programs and of its Notice relating to settlements. (...)
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APPLICATION OF THE ’PRIORITY PRINCIPLE’ * The EU Commission was notified of the Seagate/Samsung transaction and the Western Digital/Hitachi transactions – both mergers involving hard drive disk businesses – within days of each other. In its decision on the Seagate/Samsung transaction (published on (...)
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The European Commission published on 17 October 2011 its new guidelines for best practices during antitrust procedures. The guidelines cover the main proceedings concerning alleged infringements of Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (cartel (...)
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WITHDRAWAL OF CLEARANCE DECISION AND EUR 30 MILLION FINE AGAINST CANAL PLUS FOR UNFULFILLED MERGER CLEARANCE COMMITMENTS* The French Competition Authority has taken a hard stance by withdrawing its authorization of French broadcaster Canal Plus’ purchase of rival commercial television company (...)
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On 24 August 2011, the Commercial Court in Paris ordered the French competition authority, the Autorité de la concurrence (Autorité), to disclose documents relating to the settlement of an antitrust investigation in the context of a private damages action. This order could significantly (...)
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Background This case is the latest episode of the saga of the « mobile telephony case« . In 2005 the French Competition Council imposed on the three leading French mobile operators (Orange France, SFR and Bouygues Télécom) a record fine of € 534 M for collusive practices consisting in (i) exchange (...)
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In a ruling of 18 March 2009, the Paris Court of Appeal (the "Court") annulled a decision by the French Competition Council (the "Decision" and the "Council") to fine 7 physicians’ unions for an agreement among their members to increase fees charged to patients. These practices ran for varying (...)
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Alors qu’elle avait été volontairement mise de côté par le règlement Concentrations no 139/2004 , la question du contrôle des participations minoritaires “non contrôlantes” est d’une actualité brûlante. La coexistence au sein de l’Union européenne de quelques systèmes nationaux de contrôle alors que la (...)
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Un an après sa publication, un premier état des lieux de l’application du communiqué sanctions de l’Autorité de la concurrence peut être dressé. Les contributions réunies dans cet article décrivent sa mise en œuvre et évaluent son impact sur le montant des sanctions imposées aux entreprises. En outre, les (...)
