Céline Verney

Céline Verney

Senior Associate
Paris

Email celine.verney@​hoganlovells.com

Phone + 33 1 53 67 47 47

Fax +33 1 53 67 47 48

LanguagesEnglish, French, German

Practice groupGlobal Regulatory

Benefitting from a wide experience, Céline Verney advises clients on all aspects of competition law.

Experienced in merger control, she has taken part in the defense of the first company ever fined by the European Commission for implementation of a transaction before antitrust clearance (so called "gun jumping").

Céline also assists clients in international cartel cases prosecuted by the European Commission and other agencies throughout the world, in antitrust cases before the French Competition Authority, as well as in follow-on damages actions.

She advises clients on State aid issues, including before administrative courts, and on their commercial and distribution agreements.

Graduated from King's College London and Sciences Po, Céline is a member of the Paris bar. 

Awards and recognitions

2018-2019

EU, Competition and Distribution
Legal 500 EMEA

Education and admissions

Education

LL.M., King's College London, 2011

Master, Sciences Po, 2009

Related industries

Aerospace, Defense, and Government Services Automotive and Mobility Consumer Energy and Natural Resources Life Sciences and Health Care TMT

Related practices

Antitrust and Competition

Related areas of focus

Abuse of Dominance and Restrictive Practices Agency and Distribution Agency Investigations Antitrust and Competition Litigation Cartel Investigations Dawn Raids Leniency Applications Merger Control

Related Knowledge

Supply Chain Support

Representative experience

Assisting Altice in the European Commission's gun jumping investigation relating to the Altice/PT Portugal transaction.


Advising a car equipment supplier in cartel investigations before the European Commission.

Obtaining the closing of a European Commission's cartel investigation for an automotive supplier.


Assisting a pharmaceutical company in a French Competition Authority's procedure for abuse of a dominant position.

Assisting Chequers Capital in the filing of the acquisition of the engineering group Serma with the French Competition Authority.

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