CONDOMINES, Aurélien

Aurélien CONDOMINES
Aurélien Condomines is one of the founding partners of Aramis and in charge of economic law.
His practice is essentially related to antitrust law, distribution law, consumer law and customs
law. He represents companies on a regular basis for the negotiation and drafting of complex
contracts and, as a litigator, he represents the firm's clients before the French and EC courts
on matters in his areas of specialty. Aurélien Condomines formerly worked for the firms de
Pardieu Brocas Maffei in Paris, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York and Morgan Lewis in
Paris. He teaches legal strategy for managers in the setting of the MBA program of the HEC
Business School in Paris.
His distribution and competition practice at Aramis is recommended by Legal 500, Chambers
and Décideurs.
His Fields of Activity
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Competition
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Customs Law
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Distribution & consumer law
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Litigation
Contact
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Phone number 01 53 30 77 00
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Fax 01 53 30 77 01
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E-mail [email protected]
Références
Antitrust law
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Notification of the acquisition of Panhard by Renault Trucks to the French
competition authority
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Notification of the creation of a joint-venture between La Poste and Swiss Post to
the European Commission
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Notification of the creation of a joint-venture between Natixis and Rothschild to
the European Commission
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Notification of the acquisition of joint control by InVivo over RAGT Semences, in
France and Germany
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Notification of the acquisition of Benedicta by H.J. Heinz to the French authorities
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Notification of the joint-venture Raillink created between CMA-CGM and Veolia to
the European Commission
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Representation of a French gift card operator for a dominance complaint before
the French competition authority
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Representation of the European Commission before the Court of First Instance of
the EC in the elevator cartel matter
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Representation of a company before the French Competition Authority in the
"chaufferies de Saône et Loire" matter (bid rigging)
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Representation of the Association of French Poultry Producers in the context of
an investigation by the French authorities
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Representation of a company in the agricultural sector in the context of an
investigation by the French authorities (alleged vertical restraints)
Distribution, consumer and customs law
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Advising of several food industry actors in their relations with distributors in
France
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Advising of several suppliers of products for the drafting of their contracts and
for the organization of Internet sales
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Regular advice of several companies concerning the risk assessment of their
advertisement campaigns
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Representation of a manufacturer of electronic devices for the organization of
product recalls
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Representation of a company in the context of an investigation by the French
authorities concerning the quality of food products
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Representation of a company in the context of criminal investigations relating to
invoicing practices
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Regular advice on customs law (embargos, refunds, specific customs schemes)
Complex litigation
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Representation of several companies in disputse relating to the termination of
logistics or distribution agreements
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Representation of the European Commission acting before the French courts in
the context of an automotive distribution litigation
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Representation of several companies in unfair competition disputes before the
French courts
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Representation of a building company in several complex construction works
disputes
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Representation of investors in financial fraud cases (Madoff)
Education
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LLM College of Europe, Belgium (1998)
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DESS Droit du Commerce Extérieur, Paris I Sorbonne (1997)
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LLM University of Cologne, Germany (1996)
Publications
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"Opening Up the Market: a clientelist approach", Gambling Law Report,
décembre 2007
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"Droit français de la concurrence", avril 2007, ouvrage publié aux éditions
Jurismanager
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"Affaire GlaxoSmithKline : le point sur la sanction des prix prédateurs", RJDA,
juillet 2007
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"L'application du droit de la concurrence aux associations professionnelles", JCP,
janvier 2005
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"Contester en justice la publicité d un concurrent", Dalloz Affaires, novembre
2004
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"La politique communautaire de concurrence remise en cause par le juge
communautaire", Petites Affiches, mars 2004
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"Les enchères inversées : stimulateur de concurrence ou abus de puissance?",
Petites Affiches, octobre 2003