François-Charles Laprévote
Europe Guide 2024
Band 2 : Competition/European Law: State Aid
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About
Provided by François-Charles Laprévote
Practice Areas
François-Charles Laprévote’s practice focuses on European competition and international trade law, including merger control, state aid, cartel investigations, market dominance and trade defense instruments.
He has advised corporate clients and financial institutions as well as government and public entities in numerous competition, State aid and trade cases before the European Commission, the European Courts in Luxembourg and the French Competition Authority.
Career
Joined firm (2007), became Partner (2013).
2005-2007: Economic adviser of the French Minister for European Affairs.
2002-2005: Detached national expert in the Directorate General for External Trade of the EC (in charge of negotiations on services and investment).
1998-2002: Inspection Générale des Finances (the internal auditing and consulting body of the French Ministry for Finance)
Diploma - École Nationale d'Administration (1998), Master in Law - Université de Paris II - Panthéon-Assas (1994), Degree in Law - Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (1993).
Professional Memberships
Member of Paris and Brussels Bar.
Publications
He publishes on antitrust, state aid and trade. Editor and co-author of several chapters of the Research Handbook on State Aid in the Banking Sector, published by Edward Elgar Publishing. He is also an editor and contributor of Cleary Gottlieb’s International Trade and Sanctions Watch blog.
Personal
Language capability: French, German, English.
Chambers Review
Europe
François-Charles Laprévote is best known for his contentious state aid work. He assists complainant third parties with ECJ proceedings seeking to challenge the provision of state aid to the aviation sector. He additionally assists with the approval of state aid provisions. He is a member of the Bar in both Paris and Brussels, and has further experience representing clients in behavioural investigations before the FCA.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He has done an immense amount of work that is of value for the community at large."
"François-Charles Laprévote has very thorough knowledge of the subject matter and remarkable experience."
"He has done an immense amount of work that is of value for the community at large."
"François-Charles Laprévote has very thorough knowledge of the subject matter and remarkable experience."