Florent Prunet advises and assists groups and companies in French and European competition law: competition investigations, dawn raids, antitrust litigation, merger control, state aid, compensation litigation.

Florent has developed particular expertise in the transportation and energy sectors. He also specializes in distribution law and consumer law.

Florent has also performed several competition audits and implemented numerous competition law compliance plans.

He also advises and assists companies in economic and commercial litigation (contractual and distribution litigation, restrictive practices, unfair competition, etc.)

Bar Admissions
Paris, 1997

Education
L.L.M-DEA (Master 2) in Public law (1994)
"Sciences Po" Paris (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris) (Diploma, Section Service Public, 1993)

Significant Accomplishments
Assistance to French and foreign companies in litigation concerning anti-competitive agreements before the Competition Authority and the Paris Court of Appeal.
Assistance to businesses in relation to actions concerning the abuse of a dominant position or in consultation proceedings before the Competition Authority.
Assisting of industrial and financial players in notifying their merger operations to the Competition Authority and the European Commission.
Assistance to companies in relation to State aid, particularly in the context of proceedings initiated by the European Commission.
Assistance to businesses in “follow-on” compensation litigation cases before the Commercial Courts, following infringement decisions for anti-competitive practices.
Assistance to major players in different industrial sectors in proceedings brought by the DGCCRF [French Directorate for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Prevention of Fraud] in the field of consumer law.
Assistance to various players in the energy sector in aspects concerning regulation and competition law as they relate to their activity (in particular, offering assistance before the regulatory authorities: Energy Regulation Commission and its Dispute Settlement and Sanctions Committee).
Assistance to different industrial and financial players in notifying their merger operations to the Competition Authority or the European Commission.
Assistance to players from different sectors (digital services, press, publishing, Internet) in the competition aspects of setting up electronic marketplaces.


Professional Associations

• APDC
• Sciences Po Association
• AFEC

Professional Activities and Experience
Associate, JeantetAssocies (1997-2000)
Associate, Herbert Smith (Paris, Brussels) (2000-2003)
Associate, then partner, Brandford-Griffith & Associes (2003-2009)
Partner, JeantetAssocies (since 2009)

French Chapter of "Competition Law in Western Europe and the USA", Kluwers International