Hogan Lovells Publications
Antitrust, competition, and economic regulation quarterly newsletter - Spring 2020
Spring 2020
Céline Verney
Senior AssociateParis
Email celine.verney@hoganlovells.com
Phone + 33 1 53 67 47 47
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
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.
Latest thinking and events
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