Christophe Lemaire

Christophe specialises in antitrust law, mergers, state aid and regulatory matters. He is particularly specialised in the concept of free movement; assisting companies during investigations carried out by the competition authorities; the putting in place of compliance programmes; representing clients before the sector-specific regulatory boards.

Christophe was Rapporteur permanent and Counsel for European Affairs at the French Competition Council (2003 - 2006). He worked in the legal department of the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Community and international economic law division) where he was in charge of competition affairs and network industries, in particular representing the French government before the Court of Justice (2002 - 2003). In 2007 Christophe published his thesis on the liberalisation of the energy sector in Europe.