Partner

Leader of Antitrust & Competition in France, Co-leader of European Antitrust & Competition

Nathalie Jalabert-Doury

Antitrust & Competition, Global Investigations & White Collar Defense, Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances

"Nathalie Jalabert-Doury is extremely talented, straightforward, always available and strategy-oriented."

 
Chambers Europe

Overview

Clients seek Nathalie Jalabert-Doury’s representation  in all aspects of antitrust and competition law at both the European and French level, including cartels; concerted practices and abuse of dominance; mergers; horizontal and vertical agreements; state aid and public procurement.

She spends significant time in Brussels and assists parties in cases before the European Commission and the European Court of Justice.

Experience

Assisted:

  • Intermarché in two successive European Commission dawn raids and subsequent investigation and appeals. Obtaining full annulment of dawn raids ordered by the European Commission for lack of sufficient grounds, leading to the annulment of seven years of investigation (French Supermarkets Case).
  • La Française des Jeux on competition and foreign investments aspects, of the filing of a tender offer to acquire the entire share capital of Kindred to create a European gaming champion. 
  • La Française des Jeux in the notification of transactions, notably the acquisition of ZEturf, cleared subject to remedies.
  • GeoPost/DPDgroup on the coordination of the multi-filings of several transactions in Europe and beyond.
  • Vinci Construction in the challenge of dawn raids organized by the Polynesian Competition Authority, winning full annulment of the said dawn raids (decision overturned,, appeals pending).
  • La Française des Jeux in the notification of transactions, notably the acquisition of ZEturf, cleared subject to remedies.

Recognition

Continually recommended by the legal directories:

  • Ranked and noted for her experience in cartel investigations, merger control and distribution mandates. She additionally assists clients with appeals against authority decisions and state aid issues. Clients say: "Nathalie Jalabert-Doury is extremely talented, straightforward, always available and strategy-oriented." – Chambers Europe: Competition/European Law
  • Ranked as a “Leading Individual.”- Legal 500 EMEA:EU, Competition and Distribution - France
  • Recommended as “Global Leader,” "Nathalie has a great ability to work with in-house lawyers". "She is strategic and understands the issues at stake." Who's Who Legal Competition
  • Recommended as “National Leader,” "Nathalie Jalabert-Doury has built up an impressive competition practice which regularly handles cartel, abuse of dominance and merger cases." - Who's Who Legal France - Competition 

Education

  • Université Paris X Nanterre, Master's Degree in International Business Law (DESS)
  • Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master's Degree in English and North Amercan Business Law (DEA)

Admissions

  • Paris
  • Brussels (Bar E list - Ordre Francais des Avocats au Barreau de Bruxelles)

Languages

  • English
  • French
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