Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS: Reed Smith Opens Paris Competition Practice with Arrival of Michel Debroux, (Apr 16, 2013)
Organizations Mentioned:Clifford Chance, LLP | Herbert Smith, LLP | Hogan Lovells, LLP | Reed Smith, LLP
Reed Smith LLP has launched a competition practice in Paris with the arrival of Michel Debroux, who has joined the firm as a partner, the law firm has announced.
Debroux has focused his practice on competition, antitrust, and distribution law. He has advised clients on merger review, distribution, state aid, and competition litigation matters, including cartel cases, dominant position abuse, and compliance. He has represented clients in the energy, media and entertainment, retail distribution, telecommunications, luxury goods, paper, optical, and food and beverage industries.
"Michel’s appointment continues our growth plan for Paris as we work to build our transactional capability, and follows the arrival of Alexandre Tron at the end of last year," Benoit Charot, Managing Partner of Reed Smith’s Paris office, stated.
"Michel’s arrival will strengthen our European antitrust offering and our position to win EU competition work from French-based, as well as international organizations," said James Wilkinson, Head of Reed Smith’s Europe & Middle East Corporate Group. "With our existing employment, tax, IP, and real estate capability and our new finance team, this competition capability provides us with full-service support for our growing corporate team in Paris."
Debroux comes to Reed Smith from Hogan Lovells. He has previously worked for Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith, Jeantet Associés, and Lafleur Brown. He is a member of the board of the European Law Moot Court Society.
Debroux completed postgraduate study in EC Competition Law at King’s College London in 2000. He received his LL.M. degree from Université Catholique de Louvain in 1992 and his LL.B. degree from Facultés Universitaires St-Louis in 1988. He has taught competition law at the University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and international business law at the University of Nanterre.
Reed Smith LLP is a global law firm with more than 1,800 lawyers located in 25 offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the United States. Reed Smith’s U.S. antitrust practice contains nearly 25 attorneys, while its European and Asian offices contain nearly 20 competition attorneys.
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