Didier Théophile
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Band 1 : Competition/European Law
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About
Provided by Didier Théophile
Practice Areas
Merger control
Competition law
Commercial litigation
Media law
State Aids law
Career
Didier Théophile founded the firm’s antitrust and competition law practice. His practice covers all aspects of competition law from counseling to litigation, including matters of merger control, non-merger conduct, and state aid.
Didier Théophile regularly represents clients before French and European competition authorities and has significant experience in large cross-border transactions and high-profile antitrust litigation and private enforcement actions. He is also particularly recognized for his antitrust law expertise in regulated sectors, such as media and telecom.
Didier Théophile is teaching Competition law in the Strasbourg University. He is former Chairman of the APDC (French Association of Lawyers Practising Competition Law), a member of the IBA (International Bar Association) and of the AFEC (French Association of Competition Study).
He is also Non-Governmental Advisor for the French competition authority to the ICN (International Competition Network).
Chambers Review
Europe
Didier Théophile acts in appeals against decisions of the FCA, as well as representing high-profile international clients in follow-on damages claims. He is also experienced in large-scale merger control mandates for household names in the TMT and retail spaces.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is one of the best French competition lawyers. He is very smart, pragmatic and skilled."
"Didier Théophile is not only the best antitrust lawyer in France but I would rank him among the very best in the world. He is strategic, thoughtful, always available and dedicated to pragmatic client service."
"He is the best competition lawyer we know. His skills, responsiveness and ability to find solutions in the best interest of his clients have always been remarkable."
"He has a sense of the legal strategy, which is excellent. He is completely convincing before the court and has the ability to know where we will go, which is very important."
"He is one of the best French competition lawyers. He is very smart, pragmatic and skilled."
"Didier Théophile is not only the best antitrust lawyer in France but I would rank him among the very best in the world. He is strategic, thoughtful, always available and dedicated to pragmatic client service."
"He is the best competition lawyer we know. His skills, responsiveness and ability to find solutions in the best interest of his clients have always been remarkable."
"He has a sense of the legal strategy, which is excellent. He is completely convincing before the court and has the ability to know where we will go, which is very important."