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Adrien Giraud is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Paris office and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. He specializes in French and European competition law and has significant experience in merger control, behavioral antitrust matters (including damages claims), and State aid.
Adrien has 20+ years of experience advising French and international clients in complex EU and French merger cases and in some of the most significant antitrust investigations of recent years. His experience also encompasses civil antitrust damages litigation, an area in which he has represented clients in proceedings before the French courts. Furthermore, Adrien advises companies and public authorities on state aid compliance and assists them with European Commission state aid investigations and related litigation before the European courts.
Adrien is a member of the board of directors and general secretary of the Association des avocats pratiquant le droit de la concurrence. (APDC). He is also founder and president of l’Entente, a Brussels-based association of French-speaking antitrust professionals. A recognized thought leader, Adrien frequently contributes to publications on EU and French competition law (“EU Competition Law and Pharmaceuticals” book, part of the New Horizons in Competition Law and Economics series, Edward Elgar editions, 2022; Lamy Droit Economique, Article 102 Chapter, Wolters Kluwer, 2019).
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Adrien Giraud is involved in a number of high-profile merger clearance cases. He also has experience in behavioural investigations, damages actions and appeals of FCA fines. He often acts for technology, telecommunications and retail companies.
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Adrien Giraud knows competition matters very well and is a really good specialist.
Adrien Giraud is highly commercial and he really knows the rules and understands how the rules apply to the client and their circumstances.
Adrien Giraud is great. He is highly responsive and he is good at knowing what the international antitrust rulings are in the EU compared to the US. He is very good on analysis and filings.
Adrien Giraud knows competition matters very well and is a really good specialist.
Adrien Giraud is highly commercial and he really knows the rules and understands how the rules apply to the client and their circumstances.
Adrien Giraud is great. He is highly responsive and he is good at knowing what the international antitrust rulings are in the EU compared to the US. He is very good on analysis and filings.
