Economic and commercial litigation
Involved at every stage of corporate activity, Borrel Fabre has developed know how in all aspects of a company’s relationships with its economic and commercial environment.
PRACTICES RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION
The firm assists at all stages of disputes which have as their subject-matter a restriction of the principle of free competition.
The firm has wide-ranging experience in unfair competition matters, for example market disruption by a competitor, free-riding and disparagement.
The firm also assists its clients in the context of disputes which arise from their commercial relationships with service-providers and competitors: pre-litigation negotiations, settlements or actions before the courts for the wrongful termination of a commercial relationship.
MERGER CONTROL
The firm acts for its clients in the context of transactions involving concentrations between undertakings or the incorporation of joint ventures, in order to obtain the approval of the competent authorities in France.
On this basis, the firm acts alongside its corporate clients throughout the various stages of the notification procedure before the French competition authorities (in the context of initiating informal contacts, pre-notification and notification).
ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES
The firm assists its clients in the context of investigations carried out by the competition authorities in France. On this basis it provides support during visits and raids by the competition authorities. The firm assists its clients at all stages of the procedure which may follow such investigations into alleged abuses of a dominant position or cartels (interviews with the case officer, statements of objections, monitoring the procedure before the competition authorities and monitoring of the appeal procedure).
DISTRIBUTION AND PRICING PRACTICES
CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW - ADVERTISING
The firm also acts for its clients in disputes which have a consumer protection law element (related for example to abusive clauses). It also assists its clients with implementing their advertising strategies. In this area the firm has built up wide-ranging experience in the e-commerce sector.