Career:

• Bar admission: 1996
• Doctorate in Law, Paris University I Panthéon-Sorbonne
• LL.M., Cambridge University
• Post-graduate degree in Business and Economic Law, University I Panthéon-Sorbonne
• Post-graduate degree in Economic Activities Law, Paris University I Panthéon-Sorbonne
• Senior University Lecturer during 15 years
• Klein Goddard (1997), Partner in 2004
• Partner, de Gaulle Fleurance & Associés (2011)
• Partner of ADVANT Altana (2017)

Practice Areas:

• Economic and Competition Law

Areas of expertise:

• Specializes in EU and French Competition/Anti-trust law for large French and foreign companies in the insurance, automotive, services (IT, financial), energy, healthcare, defense and distribution sectors.
• He represented Air France in the 10-year cartel proceedings against major oil companies.
• He worked alongside new entrants in the context of the opening of the French online gaming market through EU and French proceedings.
• Since 2011, he has overseen more than 15 merger filings in the insurance industry, which has established him as an expert in that sector.
• He participated in Phase II proceedings up to the French highest administrative Court) for Imerys.
• He has been designated an Expert within the ICN (International Competition Network) in the « Cartels » and « Mergers » Committees

Languages: 

• French
• English

Distinctions:

• Best Lawyers – recognized since 2020 (Competition / Antitrust Law | Litigation)
• Legal 500 EMEA 2022 – Insurance – Tier 2
• Legal 500 EMEA 2022 – EU, Competition & Distribution – Tier 3
• Palmarès du Droit (Le Monde du Droit) 2022 – Avocat de l’année : Assurances
• Décideurs (Leaders League) 2022 – Risques industriels, assurances & Contentieux de la responsabilité : Sinistres et contentieux des assurances – Forte Notoriété
• Décideurs (Leaders League) 2023 – Concurrence & Distribution : Droit de la distribution – Incontournable
• Décideurs (Leaders League) 2023 – Concurrence & Distribution : Antitrust – Forte Notoriété
• Décideurs (Leaders League) 2023 – Concurrence & Distribution : Contrôle des concentrations – Forte Notoriété
• Décideurs (Leaders League) 2022 – Concurrence & Distribution – Secteur : santé & industrie pharmaceutique – Forte notoriété

Associations:

• He regularly contributes to the issuance of opinions and memorandums by the Cercle Montesquieu, a legal think-tank

Publications:

• Contribution to the “Guide de Droit Européen des affaires 21/22”, under the direction of Professor Fabrice Picod, Lexis Nexis
• “Vigilance renforcée sur les retards de paiement“, L’Argus de l’Assurance, 2021
• “La solidarité en droit des affaires“, Les Echos, 2020
• “Délais de paiement, le nouvel enjeu de la conformité“, L’Agefi, 2020
• “Complémentaires santé : la pression s’accroît – Des précautions doivent être prises pour éviter toute qualification d’entente“, L’Agefi, 2020
• “Altana sur le rapprochement des groupes Macif et Aésio“, LJA, 2020
• “Competition Law Compliance across Europe: a Multi-jurisdictional Challenge”, ECLR, January, 2013
• “La réparation du préjudice en droit de la concurrence”, Décideurs, 2013
• “La réforme des relations commerciales par la LME est-elle compatible avec la directive TVA ?”, JCP (E), 2009
• “French gaming policy: a game of pretence”, World online gambling law report, Septembre 2006
• “Injonction de faire”, Répertoire Sociétés Dalloz, 2004
• “Les incertitudes du référé injonction de faire en droit des sociétés”, (co-written with Professor Emmanuel Jeuland), Revue des Sociétés, 2004
• Contribution to the textbook of Emmanuel Jeuland, “Introduction to French Business Litigation”, Joly éd., 2016