EU and Competition
Bersay & Associés is involved in all aspects of EU and French competition law and commercial law, both in counseling and litigation, and notably in the following areas:
EU and French Competition law
- Restrictions of competition (cartels, collusive agreements or concerted practices, abuses of dominant position): representation of clients before French and EU competition authorities and courts;
- Assistance to clients in the framework of down-raids investigations by French or EU competition authorities;
- Conduct of antitrust audits and compliance programmes;
- Merger control: feasibility studies, merger filings to the Autorité de la concurrence or the European Commission, handling of multi-jurisdiction filings;
- State aids;
- Assistance in setting up preventive measures against anti-competitive and restrictive practices;
- Unfair competition.
Distribution
- Assistance in setting up distribution, franchise or commercial agency networks;
- Protection of exclusive or selective distribution networks.
Commercial contracts
- Drafting of services contracts, supply and procurement contracts, outsourcing agreements, general conditions of sale and purchase, commercial joint-ventures, manufacturing and sub-contracting agreements, sales and lease-management of going-concerns, etc.;
- Issues relating to termination of commercial dealings.
Consumer law
- Retail sales regulations;
- Advertising, customer loyalty programmes, distance sales;
- Promotional sales operations (games, lotteries, bonuses, etc.);
- Consumer credit.