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Claire Vannini
Partner

Claire Vannini

Member of the firm’s Advisory Board

Languages
  • French
  • English
  • Spanish
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Claire joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2002.

She focuses on competition law, European law and the regulation of network industries (postal services, transport, energy, electronic communications).

In competition law, she has varied experience in both advisory and litigation, at national and European level, in the field of anti-competitive practices and merger control.

She has also developed particular expertise in competition and European law issues related to the public sector and the conditions of intervention on the market of former national monopolies (cartels, abuse of dominant position, public aid, devolution of public service missions and exclusive rights) as well as in State aid matters (advice, litigation at national and European level, assistance with notification procedures to the European Commission).

Claire is also involved in institutional actions before national public authorities or the European Commission, relating to competition issues or substantive European law (national measures transposing directives, infringements of the freedoms guaranteed by the Treaty).

Awards & Recognitions
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  • Quote
    Best Lawyer, Competition / Antitrust Law
    Since 2020

Relevant experience

  • Lecturer in state aid law at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas

Publications

  • Tax rulings and State aid: The Apple case or the Commission’s lost challenge? (21/09/2020)

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of AFEC (French Association of Competition Research)
  • Member of APDC (Association des Avocats Pratiquant le Droit de la Concurrence)
  • Member of ASAE (Association de Suivi des Aides d’Etat)

Education

  • Post-graduate degree (DESS) in Public Law Disputes, University of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne (2000)
  • Graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (IEP/SciencesPo), Paris (1997)
  • Master's degree in Corporate Law, University of Paris X - Nanterre (1999)

Further reading

  • 10 key aspects of the revised EU competition law in the field of distribution (VBER/VGL)

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