Bastien Thomas
Europe Guide 2024
Band 5 : Competition/European Law
Band 5
About
Provided by Bastien Thomas
Practice Areas
Bastien Thomas specializes in competition law and co-heads Racine’s Competition Team.
With almost 20 years of experience, Bastien specialises in French and EU merger control, State aid, anti-competitive practices (cartels, abuses of a dominant position) and damages actions. Bastien also specialises in the regulation of foreign subsidies and foreign investment control. He regularly assists and represents clients before the French Competition Authority, the European Commission and French and European courts.
His sectors of expertise include automotive, mobility, food, energy, microelectronics and retail.
Areas of expertise :
Merger control
Anti-competitive practices
State aid
Private actions
Foreign investments
Career
Linklaters (2008-2015)
Professional Memberships
Bastien is one of the founding members of the ASAE (Association de Suivi des Aides d’État) and lectures Competition law at the Université Paris I La Sorbonne (Joint Master La Sorbonne / Columbia University / Sciences Po).
Publications
“Amazon/Deliveroo in the UK: the application of the failing company exception, a sign of the times?”, in The law and the coronavirus: how an unprecedented pandemic has put our legal system to the test, Collective work, Le club des juristes, 2023.
Co-author of the article “Limitation period”, in “Competition Law, Private Enforcement of Competition Law in Europe, Directive 2014/104/EU and Beyond”, Chapter 7, p. 147, Ed. Rafael Amaro, Bruylant, 2021.
Co-author of the “Private Enforcement” column of the quarterly review Concurrences.
Co-author of articles in the “Unilateral Practices” column of the quarterly review Concurrences.
Chambers Review
Europe
Bastien Thomas frequently acts on significant merger control mandates for large multinationals operating in sectors such as energy, automotive and agriculture. He additionally demonstrates expertise in private enforcement matters and is increasingly called upon to assist with the state aid aspects of Important Projects of Common European Interest before the EC.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Bastien Thomas is providing clever advice to all the delicate questions we are facing. He is an extremely competent lawyer and extremely responsive."
"When you need to explain topics, you need to make things basic and understandable so that clients can make the right decisions, and he does this."
"Bastien Thomas is efficient and has deep knowledge of the issues."
"He can respond to very difficult questions."
"Bastien Thomas always listens to us."
"Bastien Thomas is providing clever advice to all the delicate questions we are facing. He is an extremely competent lawyer and extremely responsive."
"When you need to explain topics, you need to make things basic and understandable so that clients can make the right decisions, and he does this."
"Bastien Thomas is efficient and has deep knowledge of the issues."
"He can respond to very difficult questions."
"Bastien Thomas always listens to us."
