Anne-Claire Théry is an associate in the Paris office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Department. 

Anne-Claire’s practice focuses on all aspects of EU and French competition and regulatory law. She represents international companies before the European Commission (EC) and the French Competition Authority (FCA) in merger control proceedings and cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, and coordinates multijurisdictional merger filings for global transactions.

Prior to joining Latham, Anne-Claire worked as an intern in several international law firms. She has also worked as a judicial law clerk at the General Court of the European Union in the Cabinet of Judge Tomljenovic for six months. She has completed an internship in the same Cabinet for three months.

Anne-Claire’s experience includes advising:

Merger Control

  • Saur on its acquisition of Veolia’s European Mobile Water Services division
  • Ardian on its sale of Unither Pharmaceuticals, a global player in the development and manufacturing of sterile unit-doses
  • Bridgepoint on its acquisition of the Spartfin group, a specialist in debt consolidation, insurance, and mortgage brokerage
  • Orange in its creation of Orange Concessions through a partnership with long-term investors
  • Core Equity Holdings on its acquisition of Provalliance, a European leading provider of haircare services and products 
  • Alcentra European Direct Lending in the context of its acquisition of the BVA Group, the third-largest French market research and consulting firm
  • Ardian in its acquisition of Syclef, a company active in the air conditioning and refrigeration engineering sector

Antitrust Investigations and Litigation

  • Ingram Micro on its appeal before the Paris Court of Appeal against Decision n°20-D-04 of the French Competition Authority
  • A technology company in a sector investigation launched by the French Competition Authority with respect to the cloud industry
  • A company active in the tobacco market during an internal audit to analyze the relationship between supplier and distributor in terms of resale price maintenance

Bar Qualification

  • Avocat (Paris)
  • Brussels Bar - E List

Education

  • Master Degree in Law in Economic Law, Sciences Po Paris

Languages Spoken

  • English