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- Laurie-Anne Grelier
Laurie-Anne Grelier assists global companies, especially Asian multinationals, with navigating complex areas of European competition law, including antitrust and cartel investigations, the clearance of mergers, the structuring of distribution, collaborative and other commercial arrangements, and issues related to abuse of dominant position. Ms. Grelier also assists these companies in litigation before the European Courts, as well as with state aid and trade matters.
Ms. Grelier has elementary proficiency in Korean.
- Assisted Samsung Electronics in the EU cartel investigation into TFT-LCD.
- Assisted Samsung Electronics in the EU investigation into Smart Card Chips.
- Assisting Samsung Electronics in relation to follow-on litigation in the EU.
- Assisting leading container shipping companies in investigations by competition authorities as well as regarding the structuring and operations of their alliances and other cooperation agreements for compliance with EU competition law.
- Assisting one of the largest steel companies in proceedings brought by a competitor before the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging antitrust violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act.
- Assisting a major Asian auto parts supplier in the context of investigation by competition authorities into alleged collusion.
- Advised a leading global chemicals producer in connection with potential issues under Article 101 TFEU.
- Represented SDI in its appeal against the EU Commission’s CRT cartel decision.
- Advising a leading Asian automotive company with the EU competition and merger regulatory aspects associated with the structuring of its activities.
- Advised a leading semiconductor company on the antitrust and merger clearance aspects of contemplated transactions.
- Obtained EU merger clearance for a major Asian electronics producer in connection with the restructuring of certain component business activities.
- Obtained merger clearance for AstraZeneca in the EU and other jurisdictions in connection with its diabetes alliance with Bristol-Myers Squibb for the operation of BMS’ Amylin diabetes business.
- Advising clients in the technology, automotive, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, fashion, and medical device sectors on various aspects of their European distribution networks and other commercial and collaborative arrangements.
Memberships and Affiliations
- American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law and Section of Intellectual Property Law
- International Bar Association, Antitrust Committee
Previous Experience
- European Commission’s Economic and Financial Affairs Directorate General, Intern
Covington Advised SK Holdings in $100M Investment
January 30, 2019
PALO ALTO—Covington advised South Korea-based SK Holdings in its $100 million investment in Kinestral Technologies, Inc. The Series D funding round was led by SK Holdings and included existing Kinestral investors like 5AM Ventures, Alexandria Real Estate, Capricorn Investment Group, and Versant Ventures. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kinestral ...
December 2016, Journal of European Competition Law & Practice
Cartel and Criminal Practice, Bi-monthly Criminal Antitrust Update
July 19, 2016, ABA Section of Antitrust Law
Tell Me All About It: A Harder Line Is Being Taken on Information Exchanges and Price Signaling
July 8, 2014, Competition Law Insight
July-August 2017, The Journal of International Maritime Law
March 3, 2014, CovBrands
Prices of branded goods in Switzerland have historically been higher than in neighboring countries. As a result, measures that impede parallel imports into Switzerland have long been seen as preventing Swiss customers from purchasing cheaper products from the European Union (EU), and have triggered complaints to the Swiss competition authority (ComCo). ComCo ...
February 14, 2014, CovBrands
This is the message that the French Competition Authority (FCA) reinforced when it imposed a €4 million fine on Bordeaux-based wine maker Castel Frères group in December 2013 for failing to obtain pre-closing clearance for its acquisition of 6 companies that were part of the rival Patriarche group in 2011. The FCA became aware of...… Continue Reading
February 13, 2014, CovBrands
The Italian Competition Authority (ICA) may be ramping up its enforcement activities regarding branded goods distribution. On November 26, 2013, it announced that it was launching an investigation into sport nutrition company Enervit’s distribution network. The ICA alleges that certain arrangements between Enervit and its distributors may be anti-competitive, ...
February 12, 2014, CovBrands
Brand owners’ policies on internet distribution continue to sit squarely in the sights of competition authorities in the European Union. Brand owners’ selective distribution policies that in effect prevent authorized retailers from selling via the internet are of particular interest. The French Supreme Court’s hard line approach in its September 2013 Pierre ...
September 5, 2013, CovBrands
As previously reported, scrutiny of retail pricing in the luxury industry continues to be a priority for European competition authorities. In addition to ongoing investigations of retail pricing of sportswear apparel in Denmark and luxury watches in Poland, the German competition authority (FCO) recently imposed €6.5 million fines on natural cosmetics maker ...
July 29, 2013, CovBrands
Scrutiny of retail pricing of luxury goods appears to continue to be a priority of European competition authorities. The latest example is the Polish Competition Authority’s ongoing probe into the luxury watch sector. The probe became public through dawn raids, and targets three Polish importers of branded watches: The Swatch Group Poland; Przedsiębiorstwo ...
March 26, 2013, Inside EU Life Sciences
The times when private antitrust damages claims were not a serious risk in the European Union are gone. The European Commission and national competition authorities are actively promoting follow-on damages claims by private plaintiffs, and national health authorities are themselves bringing huge claims for damages arising from anticompetitive practices. The ...
July 2012, Journal of Competition
May 4, 2012, Legal Times
2011, Rev. Lamy de la Concurrence
Education
Chicago-Kent College of Law, LL.M., 2009
- International and Comparative Law, Focus: Antitrust
University Paris-Dauphine, 2007
- Master II in International and European Business Law
- magna cum laude
University of Poitiers, 2006
- Master II in Criminal law
- summa cum laude
University of Poitiers, 2005
- Master in Private Law
- magna cum laude