Adrien Giraud is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ Paris office and a member of the firm’s Global Antitrust & Competition Practice. He specializes in French and European competition law and has significant experience in merger control, behavioral antitrust matters (including damages claims), and State aid.
Adrien has 20+ years of experience advising French and international clients in complex EU and French merger cases and in some of the most significant antitrust investigations of recent years. His experience also encompasses civil antitrust damages litigation, an area in which he has represented clients in proceedings before the French courts. Furthermore, Adrien advises companies and public authorities on state aid compliance and assists them with European Commission state aid investigations and related litigation before the European courts.
Adrien is a member of the board of directors and general secretary of the Association des avocats pratiquant le droit de la concurrence. (APDC). He is also founder and president of l’Entente, a Brussels-based association of French-speaking antitrust professionals. A recognized thought leader, Adrien frequently contributes to publications on EU and French competition law (“EU Competition Law and Pharmaceuticals” book, part of the New Horizons in Competition Law and Economics series, Edward Elgar editions, 2022; Lamy Droit Economique, Article 102 Chapter, Wolters Kluwer, 2019).
Adrien's experience includes advising:
*Matter handled prior to joining Latham
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