lllumina/Grail: Court upholds extension of EU merger review powers
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Bertrand is a counsel and a dual-qualified competition lawyer (France and Germany) in our antitrust, competition and trade group.
He specialises in merger control, abuse-of-dominance and distribution strategies under European, German and French competition law.
Bertrand is known for his significant experience in the tech, ad tech, media & advertising, new media, e-commerce, retail and pharmaceutical sectors. His clients range from US tech giants to European leaders in their respective fields, for example in media, e-commerce and pharma.
Recent clients include the television channels of the CME Group (PPF), Facebook, Zalando, Zentiva, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cinven and Advent.
Bertrand has been recognised as a 'Future Leader' by clients and peers every year since the very first 2017 edition of 'Who's Who Legal - Competition: Future Leaders' (Who's Who Legal/Global Competition Review).
He is both a qualified lawyer and a business school graduate (Grande Ecole, MSc in Management).
Bertrand speaks English, German and a bit of Portuguese in addition to his native French.
Bertrand is also a Berlin representative of Halo, Freshfields' LGBTQ+ network.
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