Adrien Giraud

Mr. Giraud’s experience includes advising:

Merger Control

• Orange on the creation of a 50/50 joint venture with MásMóvil
• GRAIL in its acquisition by Illumina (proceedings before the French Conseil d’Etat and the ECJ)
• Orange in obtaining conditional Phase I EC approval of its acquisition of TKR
• France Télévisions in obtaining conditional clearance for its joint venture with TF1 and M6
• Essilor in obtaining unconditional Phase II EC approval for its acquisition of Luxottica*
• Orange in obtaining Phase II EC approval for its €3.4 billion acquisition of Jazztel*
• CMA CGM in obtaining conditional Phase I clearance for its acquisition of NOL and its acquisition of OPDR*
• Gaz de France in its US$59 billion merger with Suez (conditional Phase II European Commission decision and several other national filings)*

Antitrust Investigations and Litigation

• Ingram Micro in its successful appeal relating to a decision of the French Competition Authority
• French newspaper editors association (APIG) in their successful complaint against Google before the French Competition Authority
• Orange before the Paris Court of Appeals and the Commercial Chamber of the French Court of Cassation in various damage claims
• CMA CGM in an EC investigation with respect to alleged anticompetitive practices on trades to/from Europe*
• Orange in the EC investigation in the field of connectivity*
• EDF in an antitrust investigation by the French Competition Authority in connection with solar energy*
• Crédit Mutuel-CIC in an antitrust procedure brought by the French Competition Authority regarding a multilateral commission on the handling of checks*

State Aid

• CCR in successfully defending the compatibility decision of the unlimited State guarantee against SCOR (T-135/17)
• CCR on a litigation before the French administrative courts relating to the guarantee granted to CCR by the French state for the reinsurance of disaster risks
• France Télévisions in four consecutive court victories against privately-owned French broadcasters seeking to challenge subsidies granted to France Télévisions by the French State*
• Crédit Mutuel in European Court proceedings to obtain the annulment of a Commission decision ordering the reimbursement of more than €160 million of alleged state aid*
• The French state in several state aid cases related inter alia to energy and automotive markets*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham