Maria Trabucchi

Practice Areas

Partner specialising in French and EU competition law, advising on complex merger control procedures, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, antitrust litigation and follow on damages claims before the European and French competition authorities and courts with a particular focus on sectors such as aerospace, energy, financial services, food and consumer goods, and retail.

Recent work includes advising: Safran on the EU aspects of its acquisition of RTX’s actuation business; Carrefour on the acquisition of its competitor Cora/Match; Thales on the disposal of its railway signalling business to Hitachi Rail; Meta on its defence against a complaint for abuse of a dominant position and a request for interim measures before the French Competition Authority; Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale before the French Competition Authority in the neighbouring rights abuse of dominance case against Google; France’s main banks in litigation proceedings before the European Court of Justice against a series of ECB and SRB decisions.

Career

Maria joined BDGS Associés as partner in 2016. She was previously partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges (2008-2009) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (2009-2016).

Professional Memberships

Member of the “Association des Avocats pratiquant le droit de la concurrence” (APDC).

Personal

Paris (2000) and New York Bars (2001). LL.M. in Trade Regulation – Antitrust from the New York University School of Law (2000), Master’s Degree in European Business Law from Paris II-Panthéon Assas University (1999).