Jérôme Philippe | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

“He is intellectually brilliant, can tailor his advice to his clients and bring added value to the relationship, not only technical advice”

Chambers Europe, France 2020, Competition/European Law
Dr. Jérôme Philippe, Partner
Antitrust and competition | Data, privacy and cybersecurity | Foreign direct investment and national security | Investigations | Sanctions

Paris

9 avenue de Messine
75008 Paris

T +33 1 44 56 44 56
M +33 6 82 56 84 88
F +33 1 44 56 44 00

Brüssel

Bastion Tower
Place du Champ de Mars / Marsveldplein 5
B-1050 Brüssel

P +32 2 504 70 00
F +32 2 504 72 00

jerome.philippe@freshfields.com

Avocat à la Cour, economist and engineer, Jérôme advises clients in:

- antitrust, competition and trade,

- data regulation and cyber,

- regulatory.

Jérôme advises clients in all areas of EU and French competition law: concentrations, antitrust, State aid and damage claims. He represents his clients before governments, competition authorities and courts. He is a Non Governmental Advisor appointed by the French competition authority before the International Competition Network (ICN).

He is also very active in Foreign Investment Review and regulatory matters (digital, media, telecommunications, energy, health, transportation...).

Jérôme also advises a broad range of clients on all data and cybersecurity issues (compliance, investigations, litigation, crisis response).

Jérôme combines scientific, economic and legal backgrounds, enabling him to provide a unique integrated approach of complex matters.

As a fellow ("auditeur") of the IHEDN (Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence), he also has a particular knowledge of economic security and sovereignty issues.

Before joining the firm, Jérôme used to be the head of the office of concentrations and State aid at the DGCCRF (Ministry of finance), then in charge of implementing the French merger control and representing France before the European commission for EU merger control and State aid.

Jérôme is fluent in French and English.

Advising EDF on its acquisition of the nuclear turbine and generator business of General Electric (formerly Alstom)
Advising EDF on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Framatome, the nuclear reactor business of Areva
Advising Total on its acquisitions of Maersk Oil and of Chevron Denmark
Advising SFR FTTH, Altice, Omers and Allianz Capital Partners on their acquisition of Covage, the French optical fiber operator
Advising the French lottery group la Française des Jeux on its IPO and privatisation process
Advising AkzoNobel on its acquisition of Mapaero group
Advising Phoenix International in its acquisitions of towers businesses from several sellers, including Cellnex
Advising Michelin on its recommended all-cash offer for London-listed Fenner plc
Advising many (confidential) foreign investors in obtaining their Foreign Investment Reviews approvals and negotiation conditions with the relevant governmental authorities
Advising Total on the merger control aspects of its acquisition of Maersk Oil
Advising Meta in the negotiation of commitments with the French competition authority
Advising Yoplait in its successful defence against claimants in the Yoghurt cartel case
Advising Renault Trucks and Volvo Trucks in damage claims defence following the European Commission's Trucks Decision
Advising a global internet player in relation to CNIL proceedings and to pan-European compliance in relation to its cookie consent banners
Advising major (confidential) operators in relation to data breach (incl. cyber attacks) response
Advising (confidential) car makers in relation to the privacy and cybersecurity aspects of connected vehicles
Advising (confidential) clients in ensuring GDPR compliance internationally

Education

Ecole Polytechnique, France (engineer, X88)
ENSAE ParisTech, France (statistician-economist, 1993)
Toulouse School of Economics, France (PhD in economics, 1999)
Auditeur IHEDN, France (fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence, 2022)
ANSSI SecNum MOOC (2021)

Professional qualifications

Avocat à la Cour (2002)

Professional memberships

Founding member of X-Droit, an association of lawyer polytechniciens
Non Governmental Advisor appointed by the French Competition authority at the ICN (International Competition Network)

Paris

9 avenue de Messine
75008 Paris

T +33 1 44 56 44 56
M +33 6 82 56 84 88
F +33 1 44 56 44 00

Brüssel

Bastion Tower
Place du Champ de Mars / Marsveldplein 5
B-1050 Brüssel

T +32 2 504 70 00
F +32 2 504 72 00 jerome.philippe@freshfields.com

"Jérôme is an excellent professional with a strong network… he has proved to be an expert and a good support."

Chambers Europe, France 2019, Competition/European Law

"He cares about what the company is looking for in a file and is always available and really easy to understand."

Chambers Europe, France 2018, Competition/European Law

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Law Business Research, 2016 Getting the Deal Through - Merger Control - France (with François Gordon)
Practical Law, 2015/2016 Data protection in France: Overview (with Aude-Charlotte Guyon)
Les Echos, February 2015 « Secret des affaires » : reprenons un débat qui était mal posé (with Hervé Pisani and Dimitri Lecat)
Market Intelligence, 2014 Getting the Deal Through - Merger Control in France (with Aude-Charlotte Guyon)

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