Morgan de Rivery, Eric
Jones Day
2, rue Saint- Florentin
75001 Paris, France
Phone: 33.1.56.59.38.69 (Business Phone) / 32.2.645.15.08 (Other Phone)
Fax: 33.1.56.59.39.38 (Business Fax) / 32.2.645.14.45 (Other Fax)
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Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Languages
- English
- French
Lawyer Overview
Eric Morgan de Rivery's practice focuses on European Commission and French competition law, advising clients on all aspects of EC legislation and state aid. He has considerable experience in merger control, cartel cases, abuses of dominant position, and other proceedings before the EC. Since the early 1980s he has advised companies on deregulation in various markets, including postal, telecommunications, energy, aviation, and general transportation. In addition, Eric has represented airlines in matters involving ground handling and noise reduction.
Eric regularly appears in cases before the EC and in judicial review and appellate cases before the Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice of the European Commission. He also represents clients before the French courts and the French Competition Council.
After graduating from Harvard, Eric worked with U.S., U.K., and French law firms in New York and Paris and also completed a traineeship with the Directorate General of Competition of the European Commission. For the past 25 years he has divided his time between Brussels and Paris. He is the author of numerous articles on EC law.
Areas of Practice
- Antitrust & Competition Law
- Energy
- General Antitrust Counseling
- Antitrust Litigation
- Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
- Antitrust Intellectual Property
- International Cartel Investigations
- State Aid
- Airlines & Aviation
- Energy Regulatory
Representative Cases
- Apple successfully defends against abuse of dominant position claims in France related to refusal to license DRM
- BP and other oil companies successfully appeal French Competition Council penalty
- Completel Europe is acquired by Altice B2B France
- France Télécom acquires Amena for $7.7 billion , (2009)
- IFP obtains favorable EC decision that aid granted by France is compatible with State aid rules on R&D
- JC Bamford Excavators appeals EC antitrust ruling regarding distribution issues to European Court of Justice
- OE Holding SA acquired by Recordati S.p.A. , (2009)
- Philip Morris successfully challenges decision allowing EC to sue in U.S. courts
- Procter & Gamble acquires Ambi Pur, the air care business of Sara Lee, for $470 million , (2009)
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco appeals European Commission decision to bring action in U.S. courts
- Rhodia implements Clean Development Mechanisms defined by Kyoto Protocol , (2006)
- SNELPD complaint submitted to French Competition Counsel
- Total acquires one-third interest in the Fos Cavaou LNG terminal from Gaz de France , (2009)
- Total and Elf Aquitaine challenge EC position on parent company responsibility for Article 81 infringement by subsidiary
- Total receives EC competition law approval for several gas sector acquisitions , (2009)
- UFEX is successful in challenging EU state aid involving French postal services , (2009)
West Practice Categories
Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Complex Litigation, Copyrights, Deceptive Trade Practices, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Transactions, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Patents, RICO Act, RICO Act, Trade Regulation, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Brussels, Belgium
- Paris, France
Education
- Harvard University
- U de Paris I - France
- U de Tours - France
Articles
Published Works
- A practical insight to cross-border merger control issues: France. This article appeared in the 2010 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control; published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London – www.iclg.co.uk., 2009
- Class Actions in Europe: Reality or Myth? The Example of France, 2009
- Antitrust Alert: EU Adopts New Regulation For European Community Air Transportation, 2008
- Antitrust Alert: European Commission Clears Bank Rescue Packages Under State Aid Rules, 2008
- The EU Playing Its Green Card to Reduce Emissions in the Field of Aviation, Jones Day Airlines and Aviation News Blast, 2008
- A Seemingly Paradoxical U-Turn Attitude of the European Commission Vis-à-Vis Airlines, Jones Day Airlines and Aviation News Blast, 2008
- Case COMP/M.3410 Total/Gaz de France Merger Control as a Tool to greater Liberalisation in the Gas Sector, coauthor, European Competition Law Review, 2005
- Controlling state aids, Competition Law Insight, 2005
- L'impact des réformes récentes du droit communautaire de la concurrence sur le traitement des transferts de technologie, LGDJ - Droit et économie de la propriété intellectuelle, 2005
- EC Regulation 1/2003 : Implications for private enforcement of competition law, 2004
Office Information
Address
2, rue Saint- Florentin
75001 Paris, France
Phones
33.1.56.59.38.69 (Business Phone)
32.2.645.15.08 (Other Phone)
Faxes
33.1.56.59.39.38 (Business Fax)
32.2.645.14.45 (Other Fax)
Emails
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