Antoine Winckler

Alstom before the European Commission and multiple other antitrust agencies in its acquisition of Bombardier Transportation, creating a global mobility leader with €75 billion in backlog.

Thales on the global merger control aspects of its €4.8 billion acquisition of Gemalto, including the divestment of its General Purpose Hardware Security Module business to Entrust Datacard.

Veolia on the antitrust aspects of its successful €12.9 billion acquisition of Suez, and the €10.4 billion related divestment of certain Suez remedy assets.

Volvo before the European Commission in the creation of a joint venture with Daimler in the hydrogen fuel-cell sector.

Kärcher in successfully obtaining dismissal of the French Competition Authority’s retail price maintenance claims against it.

PAI Partners and its portfolio company R&R Ice Cream Plc. in connection with the formation of a joint venture with Nestlé S.A.

Autoliv in the context of the EU Commission’s investigation into automotive occupant safety systems.

CANAL+ in its proposed partnership with beIN SPORTS, through an exclusive distribution agreement and sublicense agreement.

Whirlpool in the context of an investigation of the French Competition Authority into the French major appliances sector.

3M France in its successful defense before the Paris Court of Appeals against a follow-on action alleging abuse of a dominant position.

Ahlstrom in successfully securing the closing of a European Commission infringement proceeding concerning provision of information in the context of the merger of Ahlstrom’s and Munksjö’s abrasive paper backing businesses.

Airbus in the acquisition of Arianespace, Europe’s space launch services provider, by Airbus Safran Launchers, a joint venture between Airbus and rocket-motor manufacturer Safran; and in the European Commission’s investigation of the MRO sector.

Citigroup in the European Commission’s investigation into the setting of Libor benchmark rates.

DP World in its acquisition of Cosmos Agencia Maritima for $315.7 million.

Electricité de France (EdF) on an arbitration involving the sale of its shareholding in EnBW to the State of Baden-Württemberg.

Hachette (part of the Lagardère group)  in the successful settlement with the European Commission regarding its investigation into alleged agreements between several publishing houses and retailers for the sale of e-books.

J-Power Systems in securing a 45% fine reduction in the European Commission’s investigation into the power cable market.

KME/SMI before the European Court of Justice in connection with European cartel investigations in the copper tube sector and regarding its constitutional complaint against the service of U.S. class action complaints.

Lafarge on the global antitrust aspects of its industry-transforming merger with Holcim.

Lagardère as intervenor in a successful appeal before the European Court of Justice concerning access to documents in a merger control proceeding.

LG Display in an appeal before the European Court of Justice against the General Court’s judgment upholding the European Commission’s decision fining a number of companies for participating in the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panel cartel.

Otis Elevator Company and United Technologies Corporation in the appeal before the European Court of Justice against a European Commission decision imposing fines for cartel infringement in the elevator/escalator sector.

Rosneft on the EU antitrust aspects of its $55 billion acquisition of TNK-BP, a joint venture between BP and AAR (a consortium of Russian billionaires).

Schneider Electric before the European Court of Justice in an appeal by the European Commission of the Court of First Instance’s decision ordering for the first time ever the Euroepan Commission to compensate for the consequences of a merger-prohibition decision that was found to be illegal. Cleary Gottlieb won the ground-breaking damage claim against the European Commission following the prohibition of its merger with Legrand in 2001.

Swissport on the EU antitrust aspects of their successful acquisition of leading ground handling company Servisiair.