Marchini Càmia, Francesca

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Languages

• Danish
• English
• French
• Italian

Lawyer Overview

Francesca Marchini Càmia practices in the area of EU law, with a particular focus on competition law. She has advised clients on a wide range of EU law issues, including Article 81 and 82 EC.

Francesca's practice experience is especially strong in complex cartel proceedings before the European Commission and the National Competition Authorities. Francesca's recent representations include: the marine hoses case for Parker Hannifin, the air cargo case for American Airlines, the methionine and methylglucamine case for Aventis, the paper and forest products case for UPM-Kymmene, and the Sorbates case for a worldwide chemical producer.

In addition, she has experience in court proceedings representing clients before the Court of First Instance and the Court of Justice of the European communities, for example, cases T-328/03 02 Germany v. Commission and T-06/03 Reynolds v. Commission.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Francesca worked for the European Commission from 1994 to 1999 as a member of the cabinet of a commissioner and as a legal adviser for the directorate for research, development, and technology.

Francesca is coauthor of the chapter on the European Commission in the main French language legal treatise on European Union law, Le droit de la Communauté économique européenne (J. MEGRET & autres, ULB).

Francesca also participated in the Global Competition Review's (GCR) 2008 roundtable on cartels and has written articles on the subject.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Mergers & Joint Ventures
• Antitrust Criminal Investigations
• Antitrust Civil Investigations & Litigation
• Antitrust in Europe

Representative Cases

• American Airlines defends EC air cargo investigation , (2009)
• Eastman Chemical acquires Hercules' resins and rosins business , (2009)
• Lafarge receives European antitrust clearance to acquire Heidelberger Zement assets , (2009)
• Paper and forestry products manufacturer defends cartel investigations , (2009)
• Parker Hannifin responds to EC antitrust investigation of marine hose manufacturers , (2009)
• Philip Morris successfully challenges decision allowing EC to sue in U.S. courts , (2009)
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco appeals European Commission decision to bring action in U.S. courts , (2009)
• Starmap Alliance proposes seamless international mobile telecom services , (2009)
• Tele Danmark lodges opposition to proposed Telia/Telenor merger , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Complex Litigation, Deceptive Trade Practices, International Antitrust, International Law, International Transactions, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, RICO Act, RICO Act, Trade Regulation, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition

Bar Admissions

• Belgium

Education

• Columbia University - New York
• U Catholique-Louvain - Belgium

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