The objectives of Articles L 420-1 and L 420-2 of the French Code of Commerce as well as articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty are to sanction anti-competitive practices such as collusion and abuse of a dominant position.

Anti-competitive practices are sanctioned on two different levels:

• By administrative bodies such as the European Commission or the French Conseil de la Concurrence (competition regulator) for all damage caused to the community (also known as damage to the economy);

• By judicial authorities (Courts of Law, Court of Appeal…) to deal with all prejudice involving companies.

We step in to help our clients and their legal advisors by drawing up a expert report in order to assess the damage to the economy and/or the prejudice they suffered by being submitted to anti-competitive practices such as :

 Collusion
 Abuse of a dominant position