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DELCADE strengthens its expertise with the arrival of Marjorie Schnell and her team

DELCADE announces the appointment of Marjorie Schnell as partner, together with her team composed of Clément Petrolli and Caroline Bales. This integration strengthens the firm’s expertise in employment law and commercial law, while extending its full-service offering to association law. A member of the Bar since 1995, Marjorie Schnell advises and represents large corporate groups, […]

  • By Faustine Quillé
  • On October 1, 2025
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Competition and distribution

Download the White Paper – Master Franchise and International Development

Master franchising is a common business development strategy in international business. What is the Master Franchise? A franchisor grants sub-franchising rights for a specific territory to a sub-franchisor (the “master franchisee”). The master franchisee is then responsible for creating and managing additional franchises in the designated region. One of the main advantages of the master […]

  • By Jean-Philippe Chenard
  • On September 20, 2023
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Competition and distribution

Distribution Contracts in France: New mandatory rules under EGALIM3 Law

French lawmakers have enacted measures to tackle the strategies employed by some distributors that have bypassed regulations through the establishment of overseas purchasing hubs. These hubs have been found to engage with French-based suppliers in a manner that undermines the French distribution agreement and contract laws. To address this, the French legislators have now clearly […]

  • By Benoît LAFOURCADE
  • On May 24, 2023
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Competition and distribution

Two important information to remember from the Annual report on the control of foreign investments in France in 2022

Published on 9 May 2023, the Annual Report on the Control of Foreign Investments in France in 2022 mentions two important information. First, it presents the sanction procedure in the event of a breach of the rules on controlling foreign investments in France, which would suggest that the French Treasury could consider opening investigations in […]

  • By Julie Da Vara
  • On May 22, 2023
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Competition and distribution

The challenges of the new case law on anti-competitive practices in subcontracting and recovery of the CICE

Latest development in French case law on competition restrictive practices (pratiques restrictives de concurrence): the enforcement of the prohibition on obtaining an advantage without consideration or a disproportionate one to subcontracting relationships and to the claw back by the client of a part of the CICE French tax credit received by its subcontractors Decision of […]

  • By Julie Da Vara
  • On March 31, 2023
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Competition and distribution

Publishing of the first French Guidelines relating to the Control of Foreign Investments in France

Published on 8 September 2022, the French Guidelines on the Control of Foreign Investment in France sadly are an unfinished work

  • By Julie Da Vara
  • On September 15, 2022
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Competition and distribution

Criminal repression of competition law: establishing institutional links between the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office and the French Competition Authority

New stage in the criminal repression of competition law: establishing institutional links between the French National Financial Prosecutor's Office and the French Competition Authority

  • By Julie Da Vara
  • On February 23, 2022
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Competition and distribution

French veto to the acquisition of Photonis par Teledyne

The European Court of Justice upheld the support schemes of the Member States of the European Union for cogeneration units being or not high-efficiency facilities

  • By Julie Da Vara
  • On December 23, 2020
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Competition and distribution

Strengthening the control of the European Commission on “killer acquisitions”

The European Court of Justice upheld the support schemes of the Member States of the European Union for cogeneration units being or not high-efficiency facilities

  • By Julie Da Vara
  • On October 2, 2020
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Competition and distribution

The European Court of Justice upheld the support schemes of the Member States of the European Union for cogeneration units being or not high-efficiency facilities

The European Court of Justice upheld the support schemes of the Member States of the European Union for cogeneration units being or not high-efficiency facilities

  • By Julie Da Vara
  • On September 24, 2020
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Competition and distribution

#COVID-19 : Confirmation by the Court of Appeals of Paris of the orders imposing on EDF to suspend the performance of the contracts for the sale of ARENH power due to force majeure

Confirmation by the Court of Appeals of Paris of the orders imposing on EDF to suspend the performance of the contracts for the sale of ARENH power due to force majeure

  • By Julie Da Vara
  • On August 24, 2020
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#COVID-19 : Adoption of the temporary reduction from 25% to 10% of the capital holding threshold, triggering the control of foreign investments

Adoption of the temporary reduction from 25% to 10% of the capital holding threshold, triggering the control of foreign investments

  • By Julie Da Vara
  • On July 29, 2020
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